Commentary on Sections Schedule 25 – Amendment of certain enactments relating to pensions Paragraph 2 - House of Commons Members’ Fund Act 1948 (c. 36)
910.Section 4 of the House of Commons Members’ Fund Act 1948 gives the trustees of the fund powers to make periodical or other payments to former members of the House of Commons or to their widows, widowers and orphan children, having regard to their circumstances. Paragraph 2 extends this to include a surviving civil partner of a former member.