§ 21. Mr. R. RICHARDSONasked the Minister of Pensions whether it has been decided to apply the special scrutiny of entitlement on appeal to the tribunal, provided for in paragraphs 5 and 6 of M.P.I. No. 225, only to awards of pension made by the Admiralty and War Office prior to the 15th February, 1917, which have been brought within the scope of the final awards Regulation by paragraph 2 (1) of the Amendment 683 Regulations, 1923; and whether, as these pensions have now been in force for six years, he can state why it is considered necessary to review entitlement in these cases?
§ Major TRYONThe awards referred to were made before my Department was instituted and, as Minister of Pensions, I am bound generally to assure myself, where a final award is in question, that charges accruing in respect of disablement claimed to arise from war service, are properly due under the Warrants administered by me. I may add that it is Very doubtful if any such awards still remain to be reviewed.