§ 79. Squadron-Leader Burdenasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what consideration he has given to the payment of supplementary grants to dependants of persons lost in the "Truculent" disaster; and with what result.
§ Mr. W. EdwardsThough the provisions of Treasury Injury Warrant No. 2, 1935, do not normally apply to industrial staff, it has been decided that, in view of the special circumstances of this disaster, supplementary grants under the Warrant shall be paid to the widows of those workmen who lost their lives. The exact amounts payable are now being ascertained, and in the meantime provisional payment has be made to each widow. The provisions of the Warrant apply to non-industrial staff earning more than £250 a year, and awards have already been made to the widows of two of the four men in this category who were lost. The other cases are being investigated, and I hope that decisions will be reached very shortly.