§ Mr. McKayasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance when a man enters the graduated pension fund at age 20 and dies at age 50, what, under his regulations, happens to the contributions paid by the worker and the employer; and what is received by his 140W widow or dependants apart from death grant.
§ Mrs. ThatcherThere is no graduated pension fund. All National Insurance contributions, whether graduated or flat-rate, are paid into the National Insurance Fund, from which the widow of such a contributor would become entitled to the normal widows' benefits including, in due course, one-half of any graduated retirement pension for which the husband would have qualified on his contributions if he had lived to receive it.