§ Mr. Ashtonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether, in view of his decision that all female pensioners who have retired and reached the age of 65 years will receive the £10 Christmas bonus, he will now reconsider his refusal, contained in a letter to the hon. Member for Bassetlaw, to grant it to Mrs. A. Baker, of 49 Firbeck Crescent, Langold, Nottinghamshire, who is 69 years of age, and blind.