§ Sir H. GREENWOODasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the facts that time-expired men who have been wounded are exempt from further military service so long as they accept work of national importance and the recent decision of the Minister of National Service to grant total exemption from further military service to all time-expired men who are in receipt of disability pensions, he will consider the extension to these classes of the silver war badge?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONAll men who are sent to a discharge centre for discharge as time-expired are medically examined Those who are placed in Grade 4 are then discharged under paragraph 392 (xvi.) King's Regulations,i.e., no longer physically fit for war service, and if they 1630W have served for at least seven days with the Colours during this War they are eligible for the award of the silver war badge. On the other hand, those who are placed in Grade 1, 2, or 3 by the medical board and are discharged under paragraph 392 (xxi.) King's Regulations, i.e., as time-expired, do not comply with the requisite conditions governing the award of the badge, namely, as being no longer physically fit for war service, and consequently are ineligible. The badge is in no sense a commemorative medal awarded to all who have served during this War but is a distinctive mark for those who-have been compelled to return to civil life owing to physical disabilities.