asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance whether he has yet received the report of the National Insurance Advisory Committee regarding increased pensions to wives under the age of 60 years whose husbands have continued to work after the age of 65 years; and what steps he is now taking in the matter.

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what steps he will take to implement the proposal of the National Insurance Advisory Committee to grant increases of pension to a widow who was younger than 60 throughout her husband's deferred retirement.

As I told my hon. Friend the Member for Bradford, West (Mr. Tiley) on 1st June, I have now received the Report of the National Insurance Advisory Committee, and I laid it before Parliament on 5th June. I am considering the Report.