Surgical Boots

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Pensions – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 4 February 1947.

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Photo of Mr Niall Macpherson Mr Niall Macpherson , Dumfriesshire 12:00, 4 February 1947

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the officials now do not allow boots to be ordered until one of the present pair is condemned and that long before the boots are delivered the other pair is worn out so that a disabled man cannot go to work?