87. Mr. Amoryasked the Minister of Pensions why a pensioner disabled in the South African war is not eligible for a wife's allowance if he married within 10 years of his disablement in the same way as a pensioner of the two more recent wars.
§ Mr. BlenkinsopAn allowance for the wife of a disability pensioner was first introduced in 1919 for men disabled in the 1914 world war. Such an allowance has never been payable in addition to an award for disablement due to South African war service, even where marriage took place prior to the disablement.