45. Mr. ROBINSONasked the Prime Minister if he will afford facilities for the Bill to amend the Widows', Orphans', and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act, 1925, introduced by the hon. Member for Spennymoor, or take such other action as will enable women aged between 65 and 70, wives of insured persons, who reach the age of 70 prior to 2nd January, 1928, to receive the old age pension on the same terms as the wives of men who will be between the ages of 65 and 70 on 2nd January, 1928?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Baldwin)No, Sir, I am not prepared to take action on the lines suggested by the hon. Member. In this connection I would refer him to the answers given by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Health on the 17th instant in reply to questions on this subject, by the hon. Members for Leigh (Mr. Tinker) and Southampton (Colonel Perkins), and by my hon. Friend the Member for Stalybridge and Hyde (Mr. Edmund Wood) of which I am sending him copies.
§ Sir F. MEYERIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that there is very grave disappointment among a number of old people in connection with this distinction which has only recently been brought to their notice, and that they have never understood it and cannot understand it now?
§ The PRIME MINISTERPerhaps my hon. Friend will be good enough to refer to the answers to which I have referred.