§ Mr. ALLEN PARKINSONasked the Minister of Pensions if he will have inquiries made into the case of Private Hugh Burns, No. 701,669, Labour Corps, now residing at 26, M'Cormick Street, Wigan, whose pension has been stopped although he is unable to follow his employment, and consider granting him a service pension, seeing that he enlisted on 15th August, 1893, served in the Boer war and in the Sudan, his time expiring September, 1902; he re-enlisted on the 9th August, 1914, and served until the 12th February, 1916, rejoined again on the 24th May, 1918, was discharged on the 13th March, 1919, re-enlisted on the 5th June, 1919, in the Labour Corps 855W (W.C.L.C.), and was discharged on the 15th November, 1919, with gastritis, when he was awarded a pension of 7s. 6d. which has since been stopped, although the man has now no income and cannot work?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONA medical appeal board, which examined this man last January, found no remaining disablement from any of the disabilities for which he has from time to time claimed disablement pension. The nil assessment has been declared to be a final award, and the appeal which the man has lodged against this decision will be forwarded to the Assessment Appeal Tribunal as soon as he has submitted all the evidence he wishes to produce. I am informed that the man is not qualified by length of service for a service allowance or pension.