§ Sir R. BoothbyI beg to ask leave to present a Petition on behalf of approximately 50,000 persons, being widows in receipt of a pension of 10s. a week. The grievance contained in the Petition is the hardship suffered by these pensioners owing to the fall in the value of money. The Petition concludes:
Wherefore your petitioners humbly pray that all widows in receipt of 10s. pension have their pensions increased by Act of Parliament to be more in line with today's standard of currency and on a more equal level with widows in receipt of full pension, and respectfully pray that by Act of Parliament the qualifying age be changed to earlier than 60.And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
§ To lie upon the Table.