§ Mr. Richard ShepherdTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether the recently announced increase in child benefit for the only, elder or eldest child in the family is to be made an overlapping benefit in respect of the contributory benefit child dependency increase.
§ Mr. JackI refer the hon. Member to the reply given by the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to the hon. Member for Cardiff, West (Mr. Morgan) on 16 November. I can confirm that the adjustment to which my194W hon. Friend referred will be provided for by means of an amendment to the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979.