§ 24. Mr. LAWSONasked the Minister of Pensions what is the number of pensioners in receipt of pension at 100 per cent. following a course of sanatorium treatment; and whether he will consider the desirability of granting the special rate of 100 per cent. to all men discharged from sanatoria irrespective of its being a first, second, or third course of sanatorium treatment?
§ Lieut.-Colonel STANLEYAbout 10,000 men are in receipt of pension at the rate of 100 per cent. in respect of total disablement due to pulmonary tuberculosis; but I regret that I am unable to say how many of these fall under the special arrangements for men who have completed a course of sanatorium treatment. With regard to the second part of the question, my right hon. Friend is in agreement with the reply given by his predecessor, the right hon. Gentleman, the Member for West Bromwich, to a similar question on the 31st July, 1924, of which I am sending the hon. Member a copy.