HC Deb 24 February 1953 vol 511 c214W
Miss Ward

asked the Minister of National Insurance whether he will enable widows drawing attributable pensions to qualify for National Insurance pensions on the same basis as Service widows drawing non-attributable pensions.

Mr. Turton

No. The distinction referred to follows the recommendations of the National Insurance Advisory Committee regarding the non-duplication of payments from public funds and the reasons for it are explained in the Committee's Report House of Commons Paper, 1948, No. 36—a copy of which I am sending to my hon. Friend.