§ Dr. Edmund Marshallasked the Secretary of State for Social Services on what grounds a retirement pension received by a widow over the age of 60 years on the basis of her late husband's contributions is not affected by a subsequent remarriage.
§ Mr. RossiThe conditions for receipt for retirement pension are essentially linked to the contingency of retirement or deemed retirement beyond a certain age; and once in hand the retirement pension is not affected by remarriage. However, the conditions for widows benefits below pension age are linked to the state of widowhood; and so such benefits cease on remarriage.
It is possible for a widow in receipt of a basic retirement pension, which happens to be less than the standard rate of a dependent wife's pension, to have it increased on remarriage to the level of dependent wife's pension in consequence of her second husband's insurance record.