HC Deb 06 November 1986 vol 103 c601W
Mrs. Beckett

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will revise leaflet NI 247 to take account of the judgment of Mr. Justice Woolf in the Butterworth case to the effect that going to live in the same household as another person to look after them because of illness or disability does not constitute living together as husband and wife; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Lyell

No. Leaflet NI 247 reflects the guidance issued by the chief adjudication officer to those adjudication officers who are asked to decide whether couples are living together as husband and wife.

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