§ 15. Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that in 1915 and 1916 an Admiralty Order was issued that a man of experience, even if he had lost a limb, was to be retained and not to be invalided, the result being that many men who had lost a limb were so retained; that in 1917 a further Order was issued to the effect that ratings already invalided could be re-entered and paid their disability pensions in addition to full pay; and that, by Article 1,916 of the King's Regulations and by Admiralty Instructions, officers wounded or injured on active service are to be paid their injury or wounded pension in addition to full pay; will he consider the advisability of placing officers and men in this respect on the same footing; and will he see that long-service men, in some cases limbless, are not deprived from drawing pensions to which they are entitled?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe facts stated in the first three parts of the question are substantially correct. The matter is now under the consideration of the Jerram Committee.