HC Deb 17 April 1951 vol 486 c152W
Mr. Vaughan-Morgan

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the cost in the current year of lowering the age limit at which widows and spinsters receive the old age allowance from 65 to 60 years of age.

Mr. Gaitskell

About £1 million. The cost in a full year would be £2 million.