HC Deb 28 June 2000 vol 352 cc533-4W
Mr. Waterson

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proposals he has to compensate widowers following the recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights declaring Widows Benefit to be discriminatory. [127864]

Angela Eagle

There has been no such ruling from the European Court of Human Rights. The ECHR's published judgments on two cases explained that, having reached a friendly settlement, these cases have been struck out of the list.