§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of a man's pension a woman's pension would bear if they re-
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I. COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS WHICH HAVE REPORTED SINCE JANUARY 1971 Number of Members Name of committee or commission Name of Chairman Men Women Date of Report Advisory Group on the use of Foetuses and Foetal Material for Research. Sir John Peel 6 4 October 1971 Working Party on Medical Administrators Dr. R. B. Hunter 14 — April 1972 Hepatitis Advisory Group Lord Rosenheim 12 2 May 1972 Joint Working Party on Local Authority Services for Homeless Families in London. Mr. J. E. Pater 8 1 June 1972 Joint Working Party on Local Authority Services for Homeless Families in Areas of South-West England and South Wales. Mr. R. T. P. Pronger 14 3 June 1972 Committee of Inquiry on Contaminated Infusion Fluids. Mr. C. Clothier, Q.C. 2 — June 1972 N.H.S. Reorganisation—Management Steering Committee. Sir Philip Rogers 16 5 August 1972 Committee on Nursing Professor Asa Briggs 10 7 October 1972 N.H.S. Reorganisation—London Working Group. Lord Aberdare 16 3 November 1972 Committee of Inquiry into Whittingham Hospital. Sir Robert Payne 4 1 March 1972 Committee of Inquiry into Coldharbour Hospital. Mr. Desmond Vawden, Q.C. 3 — August 1972 Committee of Inquiry into South Ockendon Hospital. Mr. J. Hampden Inskip, Q.C. 3 1 August 1972 Committee of Inquiry into Napsbury Hospital. Dr. R. R. Bomford 2 — November 1972 flected equal contributions from 21 to 65 years of age and differed only in taking account of the longer life expectancy of women.
§ Mr. DeanThe proportion would depend on the precise form of the benefits provided. Broadly, if the contributions were applied wholly to providing personal pensions the pension for a woman might be about three-quarters of that for a man.