§ 75. Sir B. FALLEasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if he is aware that G. Herbert, of 3, Henrietta Street, Portsmouth, was pushing his truck along the high road on 29th November last when he was run into and knocked down by the runaway horses of the Army Ordnance Corps attached to a Red Cross van; that his truck was smashed; that he sustained a compound fracture of the left arm and had some ribs injured; and that a Court of Inquiry was held at Aldershot when it was stated that no blame attached to the Army and Herbert was referred to the National Insurance; and if he will see into the case and obtain compensation for Herbert, who is in his sixty-third year?
§ Mr. FORSTERMy hon. Friend wrote to my right hon. Friend the Under-Secretary about this case in March last, and I found on inquiry that the facts were as stated by him. The accident appeared to have been quite unavoidable, and no liability whatever rested upon the public; but it was decided, in view of Mr. Herbert's age and circumstances, to make him an ex-gratia grant of £10, which Mr. Herbert accepted in full settlement of his claim towards the end of last month.