§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be 730W the net cost of increasing widow's pension and widowed mother's allowance by £3.40 over and above the increase due in April 1975 ; and what would be the effect of this measure on the number of widows claiming supplementary benefit.
§ Mr. Alec JonesThe cost, after allowing for savings on supplementary benefit, would be about £80 million a year. About 50,000 widows would cease to receive supplementary benefit.