HC Deb 21 November 1974 vol 881 cc519-20W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will extend the proposed invalidity pension to married women.

Mr. Alfred Morris

As is made clear in the House of Commons Paper (276 of 1974) "Social Security Provision for Chronically Sick and Disabled People", we shall be working out detailed plans for providing a non-contributory invalidity pension for disabled married women. But it will not be possible to give effect to this desirable extension, the case for which we entirely accept in principle, until the main new benefit itself, and also the invalid care allowance, are under

Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many children in Kirkby require the services of a speech therapist.

Mr. Alfred Morris

Some 350 children in the area of the former Kirkby urban district have been identified by general practitioners and school nurses as needing examination by a speech therapist.