§ Mr. Newtonasked the Secretary of State for Socvial Services if he will now state the terms of his reference to the National Insurance Advisory Committee on whether the right to invalid care allowance should be extended.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisWe have now made the following reference to the National Insurance Advisory Committee
Having regard to the purpose for which invalid care allowance was introduced as set out in House of Commons Paper 276 of 31 July 1974 entitled 'Social Security Provision for Chronically Sick and Disabled People', to consider whether and, if so, on what basis there is a case for extending title to the allowance, by the use of the power in section 629W 37(1)(c) of the Social Security Act 1975, to any specific category of non-relatives and in particular whether priority should be given to cases in which a man claims in respect of the care he gives to an invalid woman to whom he is not married but with whom he is living as husband and wife".