§ MR. KEARLEYTo ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether the Government have come to any decision with regard to granting State pensions to the widows and orphans of those seamen and marines who lose their lives on duty, similar to those awarded to men killed or permanently disabled on war service.
§ (Answered by Mr. A. J. Balfour.) The Treasury and the Admiralty are at present in communication on this subject, and I am given to understand that an early decision of the question in the direction desired by the hon. Member is probable.