§ 92. Sir H. NIELDasked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that a discharged disabled soldier can obtain grants for tools or for the purpose of restarting business from the King's Fund or local war pensions committee, whilst a discharged A man who may have suffered from gassing or shell-shock has no such assistance afforded him; and will he take steps to remedy this Regulation?
§ Sir R. HORNEI am aware of the arrangement mentioned in the first part of the question, which has been made by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Pensions. I am making arrangements as speedily as possible for giving assistance in the purchase of tools to men such as those mentioned in the latter part of the question under the scheme for giving assistance to demobilised men, the scope of which was outlined in a reply given to the hon. Member for Bermondsey on the 13th February.
§ Mr. HOGGECan my right hon. Friend say if all this kind of questions are going to be taken under his purview now, instead of under the purview of the Civil Liabilities Committee, and have we to apply to him instead of to them?
§ Sir R. HORNEI am not quite certain that I fully understand my hon. Friend's question, but in so far as the Civil Liabilities Committee is concerned, it now also comes under my purview, and undoubtedly the matter will receive the attention of the Ministry of Labour.