Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Old Age Pensions – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 March 1947.
Sir Hugh Munro-Lucas-Tooth
, Hendon South
12:00,
11 March 1947
asked the Minister of National Insurance how many old age pensioners have been in arrear with payment of the pension due to them for any period exceeding a month between 1st September, 1946, and 28th February, 1947; whether he is aware that irregularity in payment causes grave hardship; and whether he will take action to get the delay in payments cleared up as quickly as possible.
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