§ 71. Mrs. L. Jegerasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance to what amount the £3 earnings limit on widowed mothers would need to be raised in order to be equivalent in purchasing power to £3 at the time the limit was introduced.
Mr. VaneJust under £4, measured by the retail prices index. Since then, however, the deductions on a further £1 of earnings have been reduced by 50 per cent.