HC Deb 09 April 1968 vol 762 c225W
70. Sir C. Osborne

asked 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. Diamond

I 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.]