§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on pension rights for female GPs [25585]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 17 January 2002]: The pension rights for female general practitioners are the same as those for male GPs, apart from the treatment of widows' and widowers' benefits. I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the former Member for North Norfolk on 13 January 1999, Official Report, column 212W.