§ MR. JOYCE (Limerick)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether his 169 attention has been called to the case of Arthur Thackeray, late driver Royal Field Artillery, discharged through injury received on duty on 1s. per day pension; and whether, if this pension cannot be increased, it might be compounded for a sum of money which would enable this man to set up in some little business which might give him a chance to make a living.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) This man was discharged after four years thirty-seven days service, on account of fracture of the left radius, due to an accident on duty. He is, as stated, in receipt of a pension of 1s. a day. The Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital have taken steps to have him medically examined with the view of ascertaining whether the effects of the injury are sufficiently severe to justify an increase of his pension. Under present regulations, as pensions of 1s. and under may not be commuted, he is not eligible to commute his pension.