Mr. Christopher Bowes:

It depends on the relationship with the person who has died. Under the existing legislation, if they were married or in a civil partnership, still are in such a partnership and have separated, or were previously in such a relationship, as long as that lone parent has not remarried, entered a new partnership or begun cohabiting with someone else, when their former partner dies, they become entitled to a widow's or widower's pension. That entitlement, which is under the current legislation, would be removed by the 2025 Bill. People who are divorced and separated from a former partner who has since died would no longer be entitled to the payment. That is the issue we are highlighting.