Mr. BECKETTasked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that organic heart diseases, such as valvular disease, do not usually affect men until middle age; that a man contracting this disease under 30 years of age may be a complete invalid at 45 years of age; and whether he will consider amending the Pensions Warrant to cover young men who contracted valvular disease of the heart as a result of war service and are not incapacitated until more than seven years after discharge?
§ Major TRYONI am medically advised that it is most improbable that a young man contracting valvular disease of the heart as a result of his war service would not be noticeably incapacitated until more than seven years after discharge. Should such an exceptional case arise, it would be considered in accordance with the special arrangements to which I have already more than once referred in this House.