§ 1. Mr. CHARLES WHITEasked the Minister of Pensions if he will further consider the case of ex-Private Tarlton, No. 240600, of Ashbourne, late of the Notts 1515 and Derby Regiment, who after four and a half years' War service was discharged from the Army in April, 1919, without a pension, though suffering from neurasthenia at the time; whether he is aware that, after making every effort to continue light employment, he was eventually compelled to apply for a pension; whether this was refused on the ground that his disability was not due to. War service; that overwhelming evidence can be produced showing that the man was perfectly healthy before joining the Army; and that ex-Private Tarlton has now been sent to an asylum, leaving his father and mother, both invalids, in very straitened circumstances; and whether, in view of the grave development in the man's mental condition, he can take such steps as will result in a review of the case with a view to a pension being awarded the man or some relief granted to his aged parents?
§ The MINISTER of PENSIONS (Mr. Macpherson)I am personally inquiring into the facts of this case.