§ 28. Miss WILKINSONasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will make inquiries in the case of Mr. J. Laverick, of 15, Beaumont Street, Stockton-on-Tees, No. B. 5649 Royal Fleet Reserve, who was refused his Royal Fleet Reserve gratuity on the ground that as a member of the 2nd Portsmouth battalion he was implicated in the disturbance at Newport in 1921; whether he is aware that Mr. Laverick arrived at Newport after the disturbance had started, and that at the official inquiry he was exonerated; and if, in the circumstances, he will authorise the payment to Mr. Laverick, who served through the War, having the 1914 Star and bar, the money apparently due in respect of his gratuity?
§ Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAMInquiries will be made, and if the facts prove to he as now stated, the question of this man's Royal Fleet Reserve gratuity will be reviewed.