§ Mr. Pinkasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has given further consideration to the situation of the pre-1950 Service widows since his Department carried out a review of their situation in 1975.
§ Mr. DuffyThe study undertaken by my Department in 1975 revealed that there was no way in which the rules governing these widows could be changed without causing unacceptable repercussions throughout the whole of the public sector. As I explained to the House on 3rd May 1976, this is, unfortunately, still the case.—[Vol. 910, c. 1025–36].