§ Mr. Leachasked the Minister without Portfolio if he can give an assurance that the special claims of ageing unmarried women both insured contributors and those ineligible for insurance though in poverty circumstances are receiving sympathetic examination at his hands in relation to the forthcoming proposals respecting the Beveridge Report; and does he hope to incorporate measures to deal with their case.
§ Sir W. JowittI can assure my hon. Friend that the position of unmarried women is being fully considered in the framing of the Government's proposals for social insurance, but I cannot anticipate the White Paper in which those proposals will be presented to Parliament.