HC Deb 25 March 1908 vol 186 c1412
MR. BRANCH (Middlesex, Enfield)

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he can inform the House of his decision in relation to J. West, late an employee at the Small Arms Factory, Enfield.

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. RUNCIMAN,) Dewsbury

As I have already explained to the hon. Member, the circumstances of this case do not justify any further grant from the Superannuation Vote. The case, however, is a hard one, and inasmuch as West was employed from December 1888 to March 1890 at wages lower than he had been receiving before his accident, the Prime Minister has agreed to make good from a special fund at his disposal the amount the man may be said to have lost in this way. I am glad, therefore, to be able to inform the hon. Member that a grant has been made to West from this source of £35.