§ Mr. KINGasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he is aware that men of the Expeditionary Force returned from abroad have in many cases been six months in this country and still have their accounts unsettled; whether they are being told that at present these accounts must wait; and whether, when special cases of hardship of this kind are brought to his notice, he will arrange that such cases will be no longer delayed?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe accounts do not take nearly so long to settle, as a general rule, and if my hon. Friend will give me any specific cases I will certainly have them inquired into. In any case of special hardship a provisional settlement will be made.