§ 78. Sir J. BUTCHERasked the Minister of Pensions whether his attention has been called to the serious position of ex-service men suffering from tuberculosis owing to war service, and to the fact that a very large proportion of these men who have died of tuberculosis between January, 1915, and December, 1921, have died under 40 years of age; and whether, when the men so suffering have, after a definite period of observation by the Ministry, been diagnosed as suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis, he will award them permanent pensions of not less than 70 per cent, or 80 per cent, disability?
§ Major TRYONThe provisions already made for this type of case are not only adequate, but indeed exceptional, and my right hon. Friend is not, therefore, prepared to adopt the suggestion made by my hon. and learned Friend. Generally speaking, in every active case of tuberculosis the man receives the equivalent of pension at the maximum rate; and where a pensioner has satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of treatment and training, pension at the 100 per cent, rate is granted for six months, followed by at least 50 per cent. for the next two years.