§ 19. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Pensions Minister whether a decision has been come to with regard to men who were invalided from the Royal Navy before the War for tuberculosis; and whether he will consider granting a pension to these men in view of the additional medical evidence on this disease brought to light during the War?
§ Sir J. CRAIGMy right hon. Friend is not prepared to revise the findings of the Admiralty in the case of men invalided from the Royal Navy before the War, nor is lie aware of any additional medical evidence which would justify him in doing so.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYMay I ask why a man who was invalided from the Navy with tuberculosis before the War, gets no pension, whereas a man invalided from the Navy with tuberculosis during the War receives a pension?
§ Sir J. CRAIGI have just explained to my hon. and gallant Friend that it would be impossible to revise all cases that were settled by the Admiralty before the War.