§ Mr. Alfred MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what action he is taking to trace the women who are entitled to back-payments of the invalid care allowance in consequence of the decision by the European Court of Justice in the case of Lucy Mabel Hood of Horsham:; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ScottThe case of Mrs. Hood's claim to invalid care allowance has not been before the European Court of Justice. She was however recently awarded benefit by a Social Security commissioner. We are now considering carefully the wider implications of the commissioner's decision.