§ Mr. Barnettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has received about the treatment of payments made to people who are in receipt of state benefits, including local authority councillors, for carrying out public duties; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WhitneyThere have been four representations in recent months about the fact that these payments are treated as earnings for social security benefit purposes. We have no proposals for changing the position.