§ Mr. Awberyasked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that the men who won the Military Medal in the last war were given a gratuity while those who won it in the First World War were not; and if he will extend the same right to the men of both wars.
§ Mr. ProfumoNo. The decision that only those who have won the Military 73W Medal since 3rd September, 1939, should receive a gratuity or addition to pension was taken by the Government of the day in 1945, and successive Administrations have maintained it.