§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make arrangements for the payment of bereavement benefits to widows who were otherwise qualified to receive them but were excluded on grounds of gender prior to the coming into force of the Welfare and Pensions Act 1999. [61370]
§ Malcolm Wicks[holding answer 24 June 2002]I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Northavon (Steve Webb) on 27 June,Official Report, column 1061W W.