Old People

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment and Productivity – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 27 November 1969.

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Photo of Mr Harold Wilson Mr Harold Wilson , Huyton 12:00, 27 November 1969

The hon. Gentleman will be aware that a considerable number of those in 1965 who were living below any standard that anyone in this House would support were living on that standard because, although they would have qualified for what was then National Assistance benefit, for one reason or another, in many cases pride, and the evidence of stigma, they did not apply for it. As a result of the reforms that we introduced in 1966, about 450,000 of those people are now in receipt of supplementary benefits.