§ Sir STUART COATSasked the Home Secretary whether, under the powers conferred upon him by Section 4 of the Police Act, 1919, he proposes to take any steps to make a Regulation by which widows of constables who retired before 1st September, 1918, should receive an increase of pension?
§ Mr. SHORTTAny such change in the law regarding police widows' pensions could only be effected by legislation; I have no power to do so.