HC Deb 02 May 1918 vol 105 c1713
62. Mr. H. JONES

asked the Comptroller of the Household, as representing the National Health Insurance Commissioners, whether the unmarried wife of a soldier is entitled to maternity benefit under the National Insurance Act?

The COMPTROLLER of the HOUSEHOLD (Sir Edwin Cornwall)

The insurance Act gives a woman no claim upon the funds of a man's approved society unless she is married to him. If the woman referred to in the question is herself insured, the benefit would be payable from the funds of her society.