He was re-elected there, and served as an Opposition Whip from 1955 to 1959 . He was selected in the ballot for Private Member's Bills in 1957 and introduced a Bill to give supplementary benefits to those who had suffered from industrial injuries before 1948, although it did not succeed.
32.
Insurance premiums vary from insurance company to company ( health insurance funds;;; ), the excess level chosen ( " franchise " ), the place of residence of the insured person and the degree of supplementary benefit coverage chosen ( complementary medicine, routine dental care, half-private or private ward hospitalisation, etc . ).
33.
The social fund schemes were implemented in 1987 to 1988, as part of an overall review of benefits ( the " Fowler reviews " ) initiated by Norman Fowler, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Security ( 1981 1987 ) replacing the former system of Single Payments of Supplementary Benefit.
34.
The Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 gave every person over the age of 16, whose resources were not enough to meet his or her basic needs, the right to claim a supplementary pension if he or she had reached state-pension age, and a supplementary allowance if he or she was less than this age.
35.
The number of Britons living in poverty ( when defined as living below the Supplementary Benefit level ) rose from 2, 090, 000 to 2, 420, 000 during that period, while the number of people living in poverty when defined as living on or below the Supplementary Benefit level rose from 6, 070, 000 to 9, 380, 000.
36.
The number of Britons living in poverty ( when defined as living below the Supplementary Benefit level ) rose from 2, 090, 000 to 2, 420, 000 during that period, while the number of people living in poverty when defined as living on or below the Supplementary Benefit level rose from 6, 070, 000 to 9, 380, 000.
37.
The first Wilson government thus saw the distribution of income became more equal, These achievements were mainly brought about by several increases in social welfare benefits, such as supplementary benefit, pensions and family allowances, the latter of which were doubled between 1964 and 1970 ( although most of the increase in family allowances did not come about until 1968 ).
