§ 23. Sir CLEMENT KINLOCH-COOKEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what is the position of the wife of a man 13 confined in the Naval Hospital for Insane, at Great Yarmouth, owing to nervous strain brought on by his service in the Army, in the event of the man's death during treatment at the hospital; will the widow be entitled to the same pension as that of the widow of a man killed or dying from wounds or of disease contracted on active service and will the children also be entitled to the usual allowances; and, if not, will he explain why any difference should be made?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAIn such a case the widow would be entitled to the same pension as the widow of a man killed or dying from wounds or of disease contracted on active service, and the children would also be entitled to the usual allowances.