Armed Forces and Civilians (Pensions and Grants)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Public Health – in the House of Commons at on 15 October 1942.

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Photo of Mr Walter Womersley Mr Walter Womersley , Grimsby

There is no question of anybody being cheated at all. The statement was made quite clearly in this House at the time of the announcement of the increase, that in calculating the family income all the income must be taken into account, and I am going to deal with these cases when they come up for review. I can assure my hon. Friend that I shall take a very broad and generous view in this matter, but you cannot possibly separate the (increased allowance for a child from the family income.