§ 26. Mr. BrandrethTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security which EC countries provide a separate pension to married women who have never made their own contributions towards a pension.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe United Kingdom is the only country in the Community to pay a separate pension to a pensioner's wife in her own right on the strength of her husband's contributions. However, Denmark and the Netherlands also pay a pension to a wife on the basis of residence.