Captain BENNasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that under the Provision of Pensions (Increase) Act no allowances are given for dependent relatives other than wives; and whether he will consider the possibility of so modifying the Act as to give some relief of this kind to unmarried pensioners with dependants?
§ Mr. McNEILLwould refer the hon. and gallant Member to the answer which I gave on the 1st March to the hon. Member for the Western Islands Division of Inverness and Ross and Cromarty (Mr. Livingstone).