§ 70. Sir C. Osborneasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the annual cost of paying pensions to the 119,284 war widows free of tax; and what reply he has sent to the British Legion's Women's Section resolution on this matter.
§ Mr. DiamondI regret that I cannot make the desired estimate. I cannot trace that the British Legion Women's Section has approached me on this matter; but I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Wood Green (Mrs. Joyce Butler) on 2nd April.—[Vol. 762, c.54.]