HC Deb 07 April 1914 vol 60 c1786
25. Mr. F. HALL (Dulwich)

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War if the discharge certificate of a soldier leaving the Army owing to physical disability contracted on service contains a statement to the effect that the man has been found medically unfit for further service; and, if so, whether the form of certificate would be modified so as to prevent it being a hindrance to discharged men seeking civilian employment?

Mr. McKENNA

the Regulations with regard to this certificate have recently been altered. The formula now used is: "No longer physically fit for war service," to which, if the disability is not such as to interfere with the soldier's fitness for civil employment, there is added the words: "although fit for employment in civil life."

Mr. F. HALL

Would the hon. Gentleman state when that came into operation?

Mr. TENNANT

I think in December.