2. Mr. OLVERasked the Minister of Pensions whether he will reconsider the case of Mrs. Gillott, re-married widow of the late Lance-corporal R. L. Reed, No. 6,335, King's Royal Rifle Corps, whose claim for continuance of dependant's allowance was rejected on the grounds that the disease of which her late husband died was not contracted or aggravated by active service; is he aware that after the death of the late soldier the allowance was not discontinued but increased, and was continued up to the time of the re-marriage of the widow; and, in view of this fact, will he undertake to reverse the previous decision and restore the children's allowance which apparently has been stopped under a misapprehension?
§ Major TRYONThe late soldier died of an acute illness nearly three years after he was invalided, on account of a gun-shot wound in the shoulder. After full consideration of all the circumstances the Ministry were unable to accept the 697 cause of death as being in any way connected with service. This decision, having been confirmed by the Pensions Appeal Tribunal, is now final, and the children are, therefore, not eligible for an award of pension or allowance from my Department. The payments to the widow, following her husband's death, were made in error.