§ 28. Major CHURCHasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if he will reconsider his decision not to press His Majesty's Treasury to reopen the case of Mr. Mark Segal, who was employed at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, from November, 1917, to November, 1920, as deputy assistant inspector of armaments, seeing that he received no increase of pay after May, 1918; that other similar classes received war bonuses dating from 1st July, 1919; that his claim for a bonus to meet the cost of living was first preferred in September, 1920, and that no decision regarding that claim was communicated to him by the War Office until September, 1921; that his claim was subsequently submitted through the recognised channels by the staff side of the War Office Out-stations Administrative Council; and that after nearly four years' delay lie has been informed that the lapse of time is such that His Majesty's Treasury cannot be called upon to reopen the matter?
§ Mr. LAWSONI am having this case further investigated, and I will communicate with the hon. and gallant Member in due course.