HC Deb 07 May 1980 vol 984 c123W
Mr. Body

asked the Secretary of State for Defence when he proposes to pay the pensions to widows whose husbands served in the ranks before 1950.

Mr. Speed

Over 7,000 special widows' pensions have now been awarded under the scheme for pre-1950 Service widows which I announced to the House on 8 November 1979.—[Vol. 973, c. 262–64.]