§ Mr. STRANGERasked the Minister of Pensions whether his attention has been called to the case of F. C. Quinton, Berkeley Terrace, Newbury, Berkshire, Ministry of Pensions No. ll/M/62,542, Tribunal Case No. 10/A/1,894; whether he is aware that this pensioner, though still suffering from his war disability, and until last week in a war hospital, is not in receipt of a pension; whether, under the existing Regulations, a pensioner may become entitled to treatment in a Ministry of Pensions hospital for his pensionable disability, notwithstanding that a final award of pension for a limited number of weeks has been made, and the pensioner's appeal against such final award has been 2572W disallowed; and whether, in reviewing the existing Regulations, he will consider the advisability of reopening a final award, or of allowing further appeal, when the pensioner is admitted for further treatment after such final award has been made or this appeal disallowed?
Mr. ROBERTSI am aware of the case referred to. The provision of medical treatment, together, if necessary, with full treatment allowances, for a temporary exacerbation of a disability in respect of which a final award has been made is contemplated by the instructions of the Ministry, and would not of itself give ground for considering that the final award was erroneous.