Backdated Benefits For Widowers

EDM number 796 in 2001-02, proposed by Steve Webb on 04/02/2002.

That this House notes the long-standing injustice whereby widowers have been denied benefits and tax allowances that are available to widows; notes that the Government chose to settle out of court in a recent case in order to avoid creating a precedent for other widowers; and calls on the Government to recognise that the families affected have already suffered enough and to actively identify and compensate widowers who may have missed out on benefits and tax allowances that would have been available to widows in the same circumstances.

This motion has been signed by a total of 56 MPs.