Written question asked by Nicholas Winterton (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 12 December 1989. It was answered by Lord Hamilton of Epsom (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 December 1989 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

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Written question

Question

To give basis for awarding ex-gratia payments to widows of service men killed in N Ireland prior to 1973, on what grounds it was decided that those payments did not set a precedent for other groups of pensioners.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

163 c594W;163 c593-4W

Session

1989-90

Subjects

Armed forces Death Pensioners Northern Ireland Pensions War widow(er)s