§ 26. Mr. JOHNSTONasked the Minister of Pensions if he is aware that Private James McKechnie, 28, Anderson Terrace, Longcroft, Bonnybridge, has had his pension reduced from 34s. 6d. to 9s. 6d. per week; that this man has been certified by the Army medical authorities as suffering from chronic rheumatism; that he has a wife and family of three dependent upon him; and that it is impossible for him to follow his occupation of coal mining owing to his disability; and if he will enquire into the extreme hardship of this case?
§ Major TRYONA medical board which examined this man recently found only very slight disablement remaining, and the final compensation which has been granted corresponds to that assessment. There is, however, a right of appeal to the Pensions Appeal Tribunal, which may be exercised through the local office.