Benefit payment delays

Title

Benefit payment delays

Genre

News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

25 Jul 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:02:26

Description

Report on Parliamentary debate on the delay in child benefit and pensions payments following the introduction of new computer technology and industrial action. Includes speeches by Conservative MP Andrew Bowden and Social Security Under Secretary Sir George Young. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

George Young; Andrew Bowden

Keywords

Politics; Strikes; Labour disputes; Social security; Technological change; Pensions; Computer systems

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