PENSIONS FOR MOTHERS
NEW ZEALAND AS EXAMPLE
QUOTED IN COMMONS DEBATE.
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(Received Bth March, 10 a.m.)
LONDON, 7th March. In the House of Commons, Mr. Rhys Davies moved that mothers' pensions adequate for the bringing up children should be paid to all widows or mothers whose breadwinners were incapacitated. He said that mothers' pensions were paid in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.
Lady Astor (C.) urged that the motion would result in economy. If the Government couldn't go the whole way, they should adopt the New Zealand plan, which would only cost from £8,000,000 to £10,000,000.
Mrs. Wintringham (L.) appealed to the House not to regard this as.a party question. The need for pensions apart from Poor Law relief was most urgent. Sir William Joynsoti-Hieks pointed out that the Government was bound by pledges of economy and could not find the money for such a scheme.
The motion was rejected by 248 votes to 184.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 57, 8 March 1923, Page 7
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166PENSIONS FOR MOTHERS Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 57, 8 March 1923, Page 7
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