§ 34. Sir J. Mellorasked the Secretary of State for War, why soldiers on leave are treated as being on active service for purposes of discipline and military law, whereas they are deemed not to be on active service so far as concerns their widows' right to pensions if they are accidentally killed while on leave?
§ Captain MargessonI think my hon. Friend is under a misapprehension. Entitlement to pension under the Services war pension code, which is administered by the Ministry of Pensions, depends on whether the death or injury is attributable to military service, and the question whether the soldier is held to have been on active service or not at the time is irrelevant.