§ 78. Major M. WOODasked the President of the Board of Education whether officers and men of the Navy, Army, and Air Force who are not demobilised before the 30th June next are to be deprived of the benefits of the Government scheme to assist ex-service men to complete their interrupted education; and, if so, why they are to be thus penalised for the extended service they have given to their country?
§ 81. Mr. HOGGEasked the President of the Board of Education whether the Government has definitely decided to discontinue any grants to demobilised officers after 30th June; and, if so, what rights will remain to officers who have fought during the War and are not yet demobilised or in a position to avail themselves of the Government provision?
§ Mr. FISHERThere is nothing in the Regulations governing the award of these grants to prevent intending applicants from applying for an award before they are demobilised, but if an 582 applicant, submitting an application after 30th June, 1920, can show that circumstances of his military or naval service prevented him from lodging his application before that date, the Board will be prepared to consider it.