§ 66. Mr. Moodyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, when introducing amending legislation to safeguard the pension rights of widows of the 225W Royal Irish Constabulary, he will also amend the regulations governing the pre-1948 British police widows, so that they may enjoy the weekly rate of 45s. now being paid to those ladies who became widows after 1948.
§ Sir D. Maxwell FyfeAs I have previously explained, I have given sympathetic consideration to this proposal, but I regret to say that after a further review I do not feel able to depart from my conclusion that I should not be justified in proposing the same rates of pension for police widows whose husbands died before 5th July, 1948, as for those whose husbands died after that date.