§ 94. Sir JOHN BUTCHERasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that compensation under the Government war-risk scheme has been refused to Mr. T. E. Davies, lately an officer on the steamship "Dafila,'' who is temporarily incapacitated from employment at sea; whether Dr. Hawkes, of Wallasey, and Dr. Buchanan, of Liverpool, have certified that Mr. Davies's ill-health is due, in their opinion, to strain and exposure at sea arising from war conditions; and whether he will cause a further investigation to be made into this case with a view to Mr. Davies being granted duo compensation under the Government war-risk insurance scheme for the time ho is incapacitated from employment at sea?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE (Sir Auckland Geddes)This case has been brought to the notice of the Board of Trade, and it has been fully considered by the War Risks Association concerned. The medical opinions mentioned have been given due weight, but it is not possible to bring cases under the war-risks compensation scheme unless there is evidence of some definite war peril over and above the ordinary anxieties incident to employment at sea under war conditions. The only definite war peril to which Mr. Davies was subjected was the torpedoing of the "Dafila," but he is quite recovered from the injury he received at this time, and he has since made, voyages on three other vessels. I regret that this case cannot be regarded as covered by the war-risks scheme.
§ Sir J. BUTCHERWill the right hon. Gentleman consider this case; it is a very hard one?
§ Sir A. GEDDESI will certainly look into it very carefully.