§ Mr. GLANVILLEasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the case of Mr. S. W. Edwards, whose shop and dwelling-house in the rear were damaged by enemy aircraft on 25th September last, and who is refused compensation on the ground that he was not insured under the Government scheme and the aggregate value of his property exceeded £500, such refusal being made notwithstanding the fact that the aggregate value was not much over £500; and, seeing that the case is one of peculiar hardship, having regard to the fact that Mr. Edwards has had to borrow the whole of the money necessary to put the premises in repair and has been rendered practically penniless through the raid, will he now consider favourably Mr. Edwards' claim?
Sir A. STANLEYUnder the terms of the Compensation Scheme, compensation can only be paid to uninsured persons if the aggregate value of their insurable property in the United Kingdom does not exceed £500. The aggregate value of Mr. Edwards' insurable property was well over that amount, and the Air Raid Compensation Committee had, therefore, no alternative but to disallow his claim. It would not be possible to make exceptions in individual cases.