§ 40. Mr. R. YOUNGasked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that Peter Gibbons, No. 390,334, Labour Corps, served in the Connaught Rangers and in the Royal Irish Fusiliers before transference to the Labour Corps; that he enlisted as an A 1 man and was discharged, after several attacks of malaria, as B 3, with the result that he can no longer follow his occupation as a pit worker; that he received a pension of 20s. per week and later a pension of 7s. 6d. for 104 weeks, but of which only £5 have been paid as final settlement; that he appealed and was successful, but no payment has yet been made; and whether he will inquire into the full service record of this man and his physical condition when he enlisted in November, 1914?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of PENSIONS (Major Tryon)This man's disablement from malaria being less than 20 per cent., he is not entitled to compensation other than by way of gratuity or final weekly allowance for a limited period. He has never received pension, but he has been paid £39, mostly in weekly sums, on the basis of his condition as found by three Medical Boards, including a Medical Appeal Board.