London, Nov. 15.
The House of Commons has passed all stages of the Government's Means Test bill, the final vote being 252 for and 42 against.
This bill reduces the amount of disability pensions, workmen's compensation "payments and. sayings, which are taken into account in 1 sessing whether applicants titled to unemployment relief, The bill arose out of the agita tion caused by the so-called "hunger marchers" who went to London from all parts of the country to protest against the Means Tes The marchers gathered large numbers of followers and their activi ties resulted in rioting in the Hyde Park district. Discussions in the House of Commons led to a Government announcement that a bill would be introduced concerning the Means Test—Reuter.
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