40. Mr. ROBINSONasked the Minister of Pensions whether, in the case of a 1946 man 100 per cent. disabled whose wife is in receipt of the allowance of 10s. a week under Article 1a (1), it is the general practice of his Department to discontinue the allowance to the wife when she is granted an old age pension; and, if so, under what warrant or Act of Parliament is the wife's allowance stopped?
The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of PENSIONS (Lieut.-Colonel Stanley)An allowance under Article 1a (1) of the Royal Warrant is never discontinued because of the grant of an old age pension to the wife.
§ Mr. GRIFFITHSWould that apply to a widow?
Lieut.-Colonel STANLEYThe question refers to the wife of a man who is in receipt of this allowance.
§ Mr. GRIFFITHSDoes it apply to the widow as well?
§ Mr. GRIFFITHSYou might as well answer it now.