§ 3. Captain LOSEBYasked the Pensions Minister if he is aware that the grant of £7 10s. allowed by the Ministry to cover the cost of burying ex-soldiers who have died from causes attributable to military service is at the present time inadequate, and that cases have arisen in which soldiers who have died penniless and with- out friends have been buried in paupers' graves; and if he will consider the advisability of giving discretionary powers to local war pensions committees to make special grants in certain circumstances?
§ Major TRYONI am glad to inform the hon. and gallant Member that arrangements are now being completed under which the funeral of a disabled ex-service man who dies from causes attributable to military service will in future be provided out of public funds and without expense to the relatives. The new procedure will be notified to local war pensions committees at an early date.