§ That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act for enabling Harrods Stores, Limited, to rearrange its capital and to provide for the extinction of its founders' shares and for issuing fully-paid ordinary shares in lieu thereof, and for altering the memorandum and articles of association of the company and to increase its capital, and for enabling Harrods Stores Founders' Shares Company, Limited, to pay to its directors compensation for loss of office as directors of that Company; and for other purposes."[Harrods Stores Bill [Lords.]
§ Also, a Bill, intituled, "An Act to empower the West Sussex County Council to construct a new bridge and approaches across the River Adur at Shoreham-by-Sea and to transfer to the said county council the Rape bridges in the county of West Sussex; and for other purposes."[West Sussex County Council (Bridges) Bill [Lords.]
§ And also, a Bill, intituled, "An Act to authorise the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of West Bromwich to alter the wards thereof, to increase the number of aldermen and councillors; and for other purposes."[West Bromwich Corporation Bill [Lords.]
| Recommendations of Committee. | Action Taken. |
| 1. That the principle of generous treatment referred to in paragraph 4 should continue to be observed. | 1. The Minister of Pensions continues to observe this principle. |
| 2. That where a man's physical disability existing before military service has been slightly increased by service, he should receive a pension or gratuity based not, as at present, on his pre-war disability, together with the increase caused by service, but on the amount of injury he | 2. The terms of the Royal Warrants and Orders in Council do not permit, at any rate for a considerable proportion of the voluntarily enlisted disabled men, of basing pensions on the extent of the aggravation instead of on the extent of the disease as aggravated by service, and |