Subjects Discussed: THE MEANS TEST.; Text of Statement to be made in the House on 6.11.40 as approved by L.P. Committee for submission to Prime Minister. (Annex).

ME###S TEST. vi###us ###nce: (###)21st ###sions, ###l). 'X" THE COMMITTEE had before them a draft circulated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the announcement proposed to be made by the Prime Minister by way of Question and Answer in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 6th November, 1940, in regard to the Government's decision on the Means Test (Paper L.P.(40) 47). THE CHAIRMAN recalled that, subject to later discussion on the question of the figures to be inserted in the scheme, agreement had been reached at their previous meeting regarding the form of Test to be substituted for the existing Household Means Test both as regards Unemployment Assistance and Supplementary Pensions, in the following cases:(a) (b) the Householder Applicant; the Non-Householder Applicant when either:(i) a person who lived with a near relation (i.