(10Â years ago)
Commons ChamberI think the hon. Gentleman wrote that question before he heard my earlier answer. His premise is that reserve recruiting is falling, but reserve recruiting increased in the last six months by 61% compared with the equivalent period last year. We are confident that it will go on increasing, so the premise of the hon. Gentleman’s question is, I am afraid, wrong.
2. What steps he is taking to protect the pensions of war widows who subsequently remarry or cohabit.