§ Mr. Priorasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance whether she will continue to pay war pensions to widows of war disability pensioners for a period of 12 months after death, where there is doubt as to whether death was directly attributable to war service, so that each individual case may be considered on its merits before the pension is withdrawn.
§ Mr. Harold DaviesThere is already provision for the widow of a severely disabled war pensioner to receive a special temporary allowance which, broadly, continues the husband's pension for 13 weeks and this period will be extended to 26 weeks when the National Insurance widow's allowance period is similarly extended. Nearly all other claimants to war widow's pension have title to National Insurance widow's benefit which is paid while the claim to war widow's pension is being examined. I do not think that any further provision is necessary.