§ 34. Mr. RENDALLasked the Pensions Minister whether he is aware that E. T. Le Bertrand, of Les Merrienne, St. Martin's, Guernsey, No. 91600, Driver, Royal Field Artillery, has been medically examined since the date of the Minister's letter of the 9th October to the hon. Member for Gloucester (Thornbury); whether this man has a completely shattered right arm possessing no strength, and is receiving a pension of only 8s. 3d. a week; and what action he proposes taking?
§ Mr. HODGEThis soldier has now been re-examined by a medical board, and in view of their report he has been granted an increased pension of 13s. 9d. a week for twenty-six weeks from 7th May, 1918, and then 11s. a week for twenty-six weeks, at the end of which period he will again be medically examined.