§ 59. Mr. Holtasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he has any plans to increase the Christmas bonus paid to retirement pensioners; and if he has any plans to extend it to the long-term unemployed.
§ Mr. LyellWe have no present plans to increase the Christmas bonus or to extend it to the long-term578W unemployed. As already announced, the £10 bonus will be paid this year in the first week of December to the same beneficiaries as before.