§ 10. Major M'KENZIE WOODasked the Pensions Minister why a man who has lost both an arm and a leg as a result of wounds received in action is not put on the same footing as regards alternative pension as one who has lost both arms or both legs; and whether he will take steps to remove such differentiation?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSThe provision in the Royal Warrant relating to the alternative pensions of men who have lost both arms or both legs or are blind embodies a special privilege given in cases of the severest forms of disablement, and I am not prepared to say that men who have lost one arm and one leg are in quite the same category. They are, however, scheduled as disabled in the highest degree, and are given a full disablement pension.