§ Mr. Bodyasked the Secretary of State for Defence when he proposes to pay the pensions to widows whose husbands served in the ranks before 1950.
§ Mr. SpeedOver 7,000 special widows' pensions have now been awarded under the scheme for pre-1950 Service widows which I announced to the House on 8 November 1979.—[Vol. 973, c. 262–64.]