§ Mr. Cormackasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will reconsider the present position whereby war disability pensions which are paid to the recipient tax-free as compensation for disablement become liable to taxation when transferred, as pension, to the widow of the former recipient after his death.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinAs I explained on 21st February in answer to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras, South (Mrs. Lena Jeger) the pensions are different in kind. I have considered the question of exempting war widows' pensions from tax but I am afraid I could not justify it.—[Vol. 831, c. 236.]