§ Mr. HARMSWORTHasked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that Mr. E. M. Maton, of 9, Monkton Place, Ramsgate, has been refused treatment allowances for the period up to his admission to hospital on 10th March, 1924, subsequent to the date of disembarkment from the Royal Mail steamship "Orcades," at Naples, on 20th January; that Mr. Maton was disembarked on the certificate of the medical officer that he was in an unfit condition to carry out his duties; that he received treatment in the seamen's hospital, Naples, on the Royal Mail steamship "Ormonde," in which he made the journey home, under his local doctor in Ramsgate, and during intervening periods, when unattended medically, he administered to himself medicinal treatment on the lines recommended in the Ministry's letter dated 2nd December, 1921; and whether he will allow such treatment to qualify Mr. Maton for treatment allowances and, since Mr. Maton's distance from this country debarred him from receiving earlier from the Ministry the treatment since authorised, will he grant him exceptional consideration?
Mr. ROBERTSI am having inquiry made into the facts of this case and will communicate with the hon. Member as soon as possible.