§ 33. Mr. WILKIEasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether Mrs. Ireland, 54, Wallfield Walk, Dundee, widow of Sapper J. Ireland, No. 308882, Royal Engineers, who was found drowned 2432W in a river in France, is receiving only the temporary pension of 15s. a week under Article 15 of the Royal Warrant; whether no war bonus is paid her and no allowance for her child; and whether the War Office will retain two-thirds of her late husband's war service gratuity, amounting to some £12, until the child, for whom the mother has to work to support, is twenty-one years of age?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe first two parts of the hon. Member's question should be addressed to my right hon. Friend the Minister of Pensions. As regards the last part, the gratuity has not yet been assessed, and its disposal cannot therefore be stated at present.