§ 89. Mr. JOHN DAVISONasked the Pensions Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the case of Mrs. Carless, 31, Tasker Street, Was all, mother of Gunner John Henry Carless, V.C., Royal Navy, who was mortally wounded in the Bight of Heligoland; whether he is aware that, owing to the self-sacrifice of 890 the mother in allowing her son to retain 5s. per week for six weeks prior to his death, which he had previously allotted to her, she had been deprived of a pension on the ground that, technically, she was not dependent upon him; and whether he will take immediate steps to remedy this?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of PENSIONS (Colonel Sir James Craig)I am glad to inform the hon. Member that the cancellation of the allotment of 5s. a week by her son does not affect Mrs. Carless' eligibility for a flat rate pension of 5s. a week for life, which has been granted with effect from the 6th November, 1918, the earliest date from which this pension is payable.