26. Mr. CATHCART WASONasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether, with reference to the cases submitted to him of persons improperly or injudiciously passed as fit for military service abroad, he will give adequate compensation to such persons or their dependants where death or serious illness has been caused?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of PENSIONS (Colonel Sir A. Griffith-Boscawen)The persons to whom my hon. Friend refers will be dealt with under the terms of the new Warrant. If one of these men is invalided out of the Army for unfitness which has been aggravated by his service he will get a pension in accordance with his degree of disability, which will be at the same rates as if his unfitness had been directly caused by service. If death ensues as the result of disease which has been aggravated by service, his dependants will be similarly treated.
§ Mr. PRINGLEIs there any time limit in respect of proving cases in which disease has been caused by the services which the man has rendered?
§ Sir A. GRIFFITH-BOSCAWENThere is no time limit whatever.