§ 35. Lord EUSTACE PERCYasked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that the dependants of soldiers who lost their lives in the late War are often summoned to towns at a distance from their homes for medical examination in connection with their pensions; whether they have hitherto been obliged to take these journeys at their own expense; and whether, in view of the hardship thus incurred by many who cannot afford this expense, he is now prepared either to issue free return railway vouchers to those dependants, as in the case of ex-service men attending medical boards or the appeal tribunal, or, alternatively, to allow examination in such cases to be carried out by the Ministry's local medical referees?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of PENSIONS (Major Tryon)My right hon. Friend is sympathetically considering this matter.