HC Deb 17 June 1968 vol 766 c96W
Sir C. Taylor

asked the Minister of Social Security whether she will take steps to increase the rate of sickness and unemployment benefit for a married woman to the £4 10s. rate when her husband is receiving a State retirement pension.

Mrs. Hart

This is only one of the problems which arise from the special position of married women in national insurance. Together with others it is being examined in the context of the preparation of the White Paper on the Government's proposed new earnings-related pension scheme.