§ Sir P. GOFFasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that widows who have attained the age of 65 years and who are not in receipt of pensions, but whose late husbands had been contributors to this scheme for an agreed period, are not now pensionable; and that widows on attaining the age of 65 whose late husbands had been in receipt of pensions are also not now pensionable; and whether he is prepared to make such persons pensionable?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINMy hon. Friend would appear to be under a misapprehension. The widow of every man who has been a contributor to the pensions scheme is entitled, subject to the usual conditions, to a widow's pension on the death of her husband.