§ 27. Mr. MACLEANasked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that David Boyd, care of Clark, 145, Nelson Street, Glasgow, is still suffering from gunshot wounds in the back; that an X-ray plate shows between 30 and 40 pieces of shrapnel in his back; that his case was disallowed at a hearing held on the 18th October, 1924, on the ground that his appeal was over the time, and the Court refused to look at the X-ray plate; that he was placed on spare-time 1142 treatment, without allowances, three evenings per week until the 12th January, 1925, when he was informed that nothing more could be done for him; that he was X-rayed in Bellahouston Hospital on the 4th December, 1924, but no information was given him of what the plate disclosed; that during this two months' treatment his wife received an allowance of 3s. per month, or an average of 3d. for each night's treatment; whether he can state what the X-ray plate taken on the 4th December, 1924, shows; and whether he is prepared to order a rehearing of this case in view of the facts that this ex-soldier is permanently disabled and has no pension?
The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of PENSIONS (Lieut.-Colonel Stanley)I am inquiring into the facts of the case referred to, and will communicate with the hon. Member as soon as possible.