§ Lieut.-Colonel HILDERasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Mr. Pile, Mr. H. L. Whitman, Mr. J. Clark, Mr. H. G. Starling, and others of Aveley, Essex, who suffered considerable loss on the occasion of the military riot on the 21st May, 1921, have not yet received any settlement of their claims, nor can they obtain any definite reply to their repeated applications; and whether, as his Department have been in full possession for 12 months of the details of the loss sustained, he will now give instructions for an immediate settlement?
§ Lieut.-Colonel STANLEYThis question, which is not a simple one, is still under consideration, but I hope that a decision will be reached shortly.