§ 1. Mr. Anstruther-Grayasked the Minister of Labour whether the King's Roll National Council have yet considered the suggestion that disabled ex-service men whose wounds were received on active service since the conclusion of the Great War should henceforth be included in the scheme?
§ The Minister of Labour (Mr. Ernest Brown)The King's Roll National Council considered this matter at their meeting on Tuesday last. The Council were fully sympathetic to the claims of men of His Majesty's Forces disabled on active service since the Great War, but felt that their inclusion in the King's Roll Scheme raised important points and decided to consider the matter further after making inquiries in their several districts.
§ Mr. Anstruther-GrayIn view of the fact that it is unreasonable to differentiate between a man disabled on active service since the War and a man disabled during the Great War, will the right hon. Gentleman do all he can to ensure that men who have been disabled on active service since the Great War will not be excluded from the benefits of any scheme designed to help disabled ex-service men?
§ Mr. BrownI prefer to wait, before answering in general terms, until I have received the result of the inquiry made by the King's Roll National Council. It is only fair to them.
§ Mr. Anstruther-GrayIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that this matter was raised in July of this year, and that as time is passing, will he make every endeavour to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion without any unnecessary delay.
§ Mr. LawsonIs it not a fact that serious points have arisen before the King's Roll National Council on this matter, and that a regular soldier who is disabled has the opportunity of applying to certain sources for employment which a man disabled in the Great War has not?