§ 90. Mr. Chetwyndasked the Minister of Pensions why the removal of the 33W marriage bar announced on 3rd December, 1946, makes no change in the regulations for the grant of allowances in respect of adopted children where the adoption took place after the pensioner sustained his disablement.
§ Mr. J. HyndThe intention of the Royal Warrant in regard to adopted children is to make provision for a commitment which had already been entered into prior to disablement. The modification of the Warrant in respect of post-injury marriage was made to meet the contention that disabled men were dissuaded from marriage because no provision had been made for their wives and children. It is an entirely different matter to make provision for any other obligation which a pensioner might in the light of his known circumstances feel impelled to undertake, whether that obligation be in respect of an adopted child, a relative, or otherwise.