§ 31. Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether instructions have been given that dependants of men killed on service shall not in future have their allotments reduced or forfeited before a reasonable time has elapsed to enable them to adjust themselves to their new positions; and whether he will give instructions that the pension, if any, can be made payable as soon as possible?
The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the ADMIRALTY (Mr. Davidson)No modification of the treatment of allotments of men killed on service—details of which were notified to the hon. Member in reply to his question of the 25th November last—has been authorised. In regard to the latter part of his inquiry, every effort is made in such cases to issue the pension, if any, without delay, but the hon. Member will doubtless realise that in certain instances inquiries are necessary which inevitably take time.
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAIs the Department doing everything possible to see that in future allotments are not stopped on the loss of the breadwinner of the family?