§ 42. Colonel MILDMAYasked the Pensions Minister whether he will consider the possibility of continuing the total disability pension to all men discharged with active tuberculosis for at least twelve months after their discharge, in view of the fact that the reduction of this pension has been found to induce the men to take unsuitable work, often with very serious consequences?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of PENSIONS (Sir James Craig)My hon. and gallant Friend's object appears to be met by the present practice. Men discharged with active tuberculosis are proper subjects for treatment in sanatoria, and arrangements have been made with the National Health Insurance Commissioners for the provision of institutional treatment in all such cases as quickly as possible. While the men are under treatment they receive allowances equivalent to pension at the total disablement rate.