Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Pensions and National Insurance – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 26 January 1959.
The right hon. Gentleman was not here a moment or two earlier when some hon. Members opposite pressed him and his colleagues to bring the horticultural tariff up to a realistic figure, taking account of the increase in the cost of living. I presume that the Government will pay some attention to what their hon. Friends ask them to do at this stage. Does not the Minister realise that it has become a disincentive to saving that we have not made any changes in the amounts of these disregards since 1948?