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LABOUR PARTY WILL ASSIST WITH BILL THE MEANS TEST
Rugby, Oct. 21. In the House of Commons the Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald) stated that the Government proposed to introduce and pass through all its stages before the end of the present session legislation to deal with certain aspects of the administration of the means test. Mr. Geo. Lansbury (Leader of the Opposition) said his party would do its hest to help the Government to get the bill through. The offer was welcomed by the Premier, who remarked: "I do hope, however great differences are between us, that they may be solved, and that we may try to co-operate to produce the maximum contribution to this very human problem." The so-called "means test" is an inquiry made in individual cases by local committees into the means of unemployed, who having exhausted the right to benefit may receive transitional benefit if their needs warrant. It has been advisable to fix an approximate standard to secure uniformity of action by local authorities in applying the tests.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 361, 24 October 1932, Page 5
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