War Widows

(asked on 8th September 2016) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to restore compensation for war widows who remarried between 1973 and 2005.


This question was answered on 13th September 2016

The Government remains sympathetic to the circumstances of those affected. We are reviewing the position, but need to take account of the wider consequences for other public sector schemes of making retrospective changes.

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