THE NEXT SESSION.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 110, 19 February 1937, Page 5

THE NEXT SESSION.

SUPERANNUATION AND HEALTH.

THE NATIONAL SCHEMES

(Per Press Association.)

CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The biggest task which Parliament will be called upon to face when the next session opens in August will be the inauguration of the National Superannuation and National Health Schemes of the Government. This was made clear this morning by the Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage), in an interview. The Prims Minister said that national superannuation would lie a scheme that would be reflected in every home in the country, and Parliament must pass the Bill even if the House had to sit after the, new year. In addition to the national superannuation scheme the Government was concentrating on a national health scheme, which must also be passed next session.

“It is my opinion that we will not lie able to finish by Christmas, and that we will have to come back again in the new year,” said Mr Savage. The Prime Minister said that the taxation system was being reviewed by a committee of departmental officers, and one or two Cabinet Ministers. They would provide a report on which action would be taken, and whatevei legislation was necessary would be passed next session. Regarding the question of making Government houses available for persons with incomes of more than £6 a week, Mr Savage said that while nothing had yet been decided, he felt that the restriction should be lifted.