§ Mr. CHARLES EDWARDSasked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that injured workmen now on light employment are prevented from applying for compensation in consequence of the wages paid for such employment being higher than the wages received in the highest grade of employment before the War; and will he take steps to amend the Act so as to remove this disability and thus enable them to be put in the same relative position to men in their former grade of employment as they were immediately after the accident?
§ Mr. SHORTTYes, Sir; I am aware of this grievance and I would draw the attention of the hon. Member to the remedy proposed in paragraph 69 of the Report of the Departmental Committee on Workmen's Compensation. The matter will be brought under the consideration of the Government when the Bill to carry out the Committee's recommendations is settled.