§ 18. Major Sir BERTRAM FALLEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether paragraph 2 of Admiralty Fleet Order 1986 of 1924 is to be read that welfare requests which have been refused as final are never to be repeated again although circumstances may have changed and rendered them possible, such as, for instance, the pensions to widows; and whether he will give the matter consideration before issuing the order? for the 1920 Welfare Conference at Devonport?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThe reference is to Admiralty Fleet Order 1986 of 1925. My hon. and gallant Friend will appreciate that there can be no object in repeating at comparatively short intervals of time requests which after careful consideration have been refused by the Admiralty. If it appears at any time that, owing to 433 changed conditions, an exception to this general rule should be made, the matter will be dealt with in the orders for the Welfare Conference. I would remind my hon. Friend that the question of widows' pension is being considered by the Royal Naval Benevolent Trust.