HC Deb 31 October 1983 vol 47 cc253-4W
Mr. Dalyell

asked the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on the compensation case of Mrs. Pollard, widow of the late Marine Pollard who died as a result of cancer or leukemia officially attributed to service on Christmas Island, 21 years before his death.

The Prime Minister

Marine Pollard died in 1978 as a result of peritonitis and his death was accepted as being attributable to his service with the armed forces over the period from 1947 to 1960. As a result, his widow, Mrs. Pollard, is in receipt of a war widow's pension from the Department of Health and Social Security. Marine Pollard's peritonitis was not specifically linked to his period of service at Christmas Island.