National Assistance (Scotland)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Pensions and National Insurance – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 22 Mehefin 1964.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of Miss Peggy Herbison Miss Peggy Herbison , Lanarkshire North 12:00, 22 Mehefin 1964

The hon. Lady may think that she has given a smart reply to my hon. Friend, but is not she aware that there are many hundreds of people—married men with their wives and children—who are suffering under the wage pause in Scotland particularly because of the lower rates of wages there? Is there nothing at all that she can do to help these hundreds of families in Scotland who are living below what even this Government regard as the minimum subsistence level at which families can live?