§ Mr. Deanasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what would be the cost of increasing the increments for postponement of retirement beyond the minimum pension ages so that a person could earn 2s. 6d. for every 12 contributions paid instead of 1s. as at present, together with 1s. 3d. in respect of a wife's pension for every 12 contributions paid instead of 1s. as at present, the increases for the wife's pension being raised to the rate of 2s. 6d. for every 12 contributions paid should she become a widow.
§ Miss HerbisonAbout £300,000 in 1965–66 rising to about £95 million in 1985–86, assuming that the higher increments applied to contributions paid from April, 1965.