Part of Prayers – in the House of Commons at 12:54 pm on 19 June 2009.
There has only been one year since 1939 in which our armed forces have not been engaged in some sort of conflict. Does the war award refer simply to awards that can be attributed to second world war service, or to subsequent conflicts? If so, which ones? Does the Minister mean "attributable" widows, or simply widows of servicemen who have been killed in conflict?