§ 78. Colonel ENGLANDasked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the importance to the men and families affected, he will consider the desirability of affording some form of appeal to applicants whose claims for a pension on the ground of disability arising from post-War service have been dismissed by the Chelsea Commissioners; and what reason there is for making any distinction between the treatment of ex-service Great War pensioners and those post-War pensioners?
§ Captain KINGThe different system in the case of post-War pensions is due to the special statutory position of the Chelsea Commissioners. The Chelsea Commissioners are not subject to the control of any Government Department in their administration of the pension regulations; they are, in fact, an independent body who adjudicate upon the soldier's claim.