§ 94. Captain Corfieldasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance whether he will consider amending the National Insurance Acts in order that widows who reached the age of 60 years during the transitional period of five years between 1948 and 1953, who are drawing an alternative pension, should be able to receive the full contributory pension, without reduction, in the same way as widows reaching 60 years of age after 1953.
§ Miss PittNo. This is one of the transitional arrangements connected with the introduction of the National Insurance scheme, and I think treats pensioners in this category very fairly and indeed generously in comparison with other contributors to the Fund.