“IN DUE COURSE”
MEDICAL BENEFIT MAY PROVE IMPERATIVE PRIME MINISTER’S ASSERTION (Bv Telegr--.ru*—i?pec;al to Times) WELLINGTON, Wednesday The position of the country might make the medical benefits under the Social Security Act almost imperai tive in due course, said the Prime ! Minister, the Hon. P. Fraser, reply--1 ing to the Leader of the Opposition, ; the Hon. A. Hamilton in the House | of Representatives tonight, j Mr Fraser said that the increased j civil Budget expenditure of £2.340.i 000 was to a great extent associated ; with the social security benefits. J Mr H. S. S. Kyle (Opposition— Riccarton): What about the medical benefits the people have not got? Mr Fraser replied that if Mr Kyle were prepared to help put the bene- | fits into operation his assistance would be welcomed. The Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates (Opposition—Kaipara): You have no objection to their standing over untii after tho war? Mr Fraser said the introduction might be almost imperative in due course; it all depended on whether the people’s health was to be adequately looked after.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21156, 4 July 1940, Page 12
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