HC Deb 04 February 1975 vol 885 cc479-80W
Mrs. Colquhoun

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider, at an early date, abolishing the taxation of widows as "single women".

Mr. Robert Sheldon

I have noted my hon. Friend's suggestion, but I do not think that it is the right way to proceed. The better alternative is to increase widows' pensions, as we propose to do again in April.