§ Mr. Walkdenasked the Minister of National Insurance, if he has reviewed the claim and the papers sent to him on behalf of Mrs. A. Gerdes, of 19, Askern Road, Bentley, Doncaster, to establish her title to an old age pension in her own right, and as this claim appears to have been first made in April, 1947, whether he is able to arrive at a decision favourable to Mrs. Gerdes.
§ Mr. SteeleI find that Mrs. Gerdes, who has for some years been in receipt of an old age pension of 10s. a week in right of her husband's insurance, claimed a pension in right of her own insurance in 267W August last. Prolonged investigation, undertaken in Mrs. Gerdes' interest, has failed to establish that the statutory condition for the award of such a pension, which requires that at least 104 contributions must have been paid since her last entry into insurance, was satisfied. Her claim has accordingly had to be disallowed and she was so informed on 29th January.