§ 40. Mr. SMEDLEY CROOKEasked the Minister of Pensions whether his attention has been drawn to the case of John Moran, 286,219, Royal Air Force, of 2/86, Leopold Street, Birmingham, who has applied for treatment allowances, but no decision has as yet been arrived at although he has been repeatedly in and out of hospital since June, 1931, for treatment for shrapnel wounds, and who lost his situation owing to forced absence to attend hospital for treatment; and whether he will, under the circumstances, grant him treatment allowances?
§ The MINISTER of PENSIONS (Major Tryon)This man is receiving outpatient treatment for dermatitis, which involves an attendance of some two and a-half hours only once a week at the Midland Hospital, Birmingham. Treat 2119 ment allowances, as my hon. Friend will be aware, are payable only where it can be certified that a man is prevented from working in consequence of a prescribed course of treatment. A certificate to this effect cannot be given in this case.
§ Mr. CROOKEIn view of the fact that this person has been in and out of hospital since 1931 and has been kept out of work on account of having to go to hospital, will he not reconsider this matter?
§ Major TRYONI am very happy to go into any point raised by the hon. Member.
§ Mr. LOGANMay I ask whether there is any case where a person receiving a pension and suffering from dermatitis is employed?
§ Major TRYONI do not understand the hon. Member's question. The man is being treated for dermatitis.