###EANS TEST. ###eious ###ence: ###40)20th ###cusions, ### 1). ###holder ###cant. THE COMMITTEE had under further consideration note by the Chancellor of the Exchequer covering a a memorandum prepared in the Treasury setting out certain proposals for the modification of the Means Test (L.P.(40)45). THE CHAIRMAN suggested that the Committee should consider first the suggestion contained in paragraph 7 of the Treasury memorandum that 7/6 should be assumed to be the weekly contribution to overhead charges (including rent) made by an adult wage earner living in the house of a householder applicant.