§ Viscount WOLMERasked the Secretary of State for War whether it is the intention of the Government to pay the same pensions to widows of officers killed in former wars as they would now receive if their husbands had been killed in the late War; and whether, in view of the fact that the cost of living is equally great for the one as for the other and that the State has an equal obligation to both, he can see his way to put them on the same footing in regard to pensions?
§ Major TRYONUnder the Royal Warrant of 19th December, 1919, the pensioned widows of officers killed in former wars already receive the same pensions as the widows of officers killed in the late War. They were also granted the war bonus on the same terms. Their cases will, at an early date, be reviewed under the scales about to be introduced, which900W include an element for the increased cost of living.