§ 3. Mr. Hannahasked the Secretary of State for War whether he can hold out any hope of widowed mothers of soldiers being put on the same footing as soldiers' wives in the matter of allowances?
§ The Secretary of State for War (Captain Margesson)I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Finchley (Mr. Crowder) on nth November. As my hon. Friend is aware, provision is made for the special needs of the wholly dependent parent under the Ministry of Pensions war service grants scheme.
§ 6. Sir Richard Aclandasked the Secretary of State for War for how long was the Army Forms Depot without stocks of the form for making application for allowances to dependants of men serving in the Army; and what is the position now?
§ Captain MargessonWhile some difficulties were experienced in the early months of the war owing to uneven distribution, adequate stocks of these forms have been available since April, 1940.
§ Sir R. AclandWill the Minister look into a case where the Army Forms Depot was out of forms and had to prepare cyclostyled chits to inform the unit that they had no forms?