HC Deb 09 October 1940 vol 365 cc387-8W
Mr. J. Morgan

asked the Minister of Health on what grounds has a widow's pension been refused to Mrs. A. E. Smith, of Milton House, Burns Street, Bentley. Doncaster, Claims No. R.O.A. 66220?

Miss Horsbrugh

Mrs. Smith's claim to a widow's pension was rejected because the statutory condition which requires that her husband should have been an insured person at the date of his death was not fulfilled. Mrs. Smith exercised her right of appeal against the decision, but the referees appointed under the Acts dismissed the appeal, and their decision is final and conclusive by law in the absence of new material facts.