§ 76. Sir HENRY CRAIKasked the Minister of Labour whether the educational Grants made to ex-officers and men in the Army and Navy are available for officers in the Merchant Service who were captured at sea and suffered imprisonment in Germany?
§ Sir R. HORNEThe educational Grants administered by the Ministry of Labour are limited to men who have served during the War in the Naval, Military, or Air forces of the Crown, for which payment is made out of moneys provided by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Officers in the Merchant Service are not eligible for such Grants.
§ Sir H. CRAIKDoes the right hon. Gentleman not think that it is a very hard distinction to exclude from those pensions the men who gave sometimes their lives and who, at all times, risked their lives on behalf of the country?