§ 105. Mr. Slaterasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that the wife of a retired police officer who marries him during the course of his retirement does not qualify for pension at his decease; and what steps he is taking to provide for such cases.
§ Sir D. Maxwell FyfeThis point was fully considered by the Oaksey Committee on Police Conditions of Service, who reached the conclusion that the considerations which justify special provison for the widows of police officers do not apply where the marriage takes place after the husband has retired. I agree with the Committee's conclusion.