§ Mr. DENNISONasked the Minister of Pensions whether his attention has been drawn to a memorial from the Deritead ex-service men's guild asking, among other things, for the abolition of the seven years' limit in respect of new claims for pension, and quoting in support of their request the case of Mr. H. V. Spilsbury, late No. 11,272, private Royal Welsh Fusiliers, of Sherlock Street, Birmingham; whether he is aware that. Mr. Spilsbury was discharged on 2nd March, 1915, owing to gunshot wounds in the back and amputation of right arm, and that in 1919 paralysis of the lower limbs developed; that he was placed on treatment allowances for five months and eventually ordered institutional treatment; that he was a patient in Highbury hospital for one year and 10 months, and then put on outdoor treatment, but was refused a pension for paralysis or, the ground that no claim had been submitted that. in 1921 Mr. Spilsbury submitted a claim for pension under Article 9 of the Royal Warrant, which the officials state they did not receive, and resubmitted the claim in 1922, when it was rejected on the ground that more than seven years had elapsed since his discharge; and whether he will take action so that this case may be considered?
The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of PENSIONS (Lieut.-Colonel Stanley)My right hon. Friend has received a copy of this memorial. Heisinquiring into the facts of the individual case mentioned, and will communicate later with the hon. Member