§ Sir P. HANNONasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been called to certain cases of hardship which arise where couples in receipt of old age pensions who are allowed while living together half their income for assessment, but where one or other is removed to a hospital or nursing home the remaining husband or wife is assessed on the full income and becomes ineligible for old age pension; and if he will take steps to secure that cases of this kind shall be treated on the same basis as now operates in the case of a separation order?
§ Mr. W. S. MORRISONNo such cases have been brought to my notice, and I 1425W am afraid that my hon. Friend's proposal could not be put into effect without legislation.