§ 68. Mr. Stonehouseasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he is aware that widows who lose a 89W second husband within three years of remarriage are disallowed pension; and if he will amend the regulations to remove this anomaly.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterThe position is only as stated by the hon. Member in the first part of his Question where there are no children and where for three years before her remarriage the widow was neither married nor in receipt of one of the full National Insurance widows' benefits. This is not, in my view, an anomaly, and the Answer to the second part of the Question is "No".