§ Mr. ROWNTREEasked the Pensions Minister whether he had received a resolution from the York branch of the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers protesting against the conditions under which ex-Service men are being sent to Harrogate for convalescent treatment, especially in connection with the fact that there is a deduction of 17s. 6d. from their allowance because they are in private billets, whilst if there had been sufficient room in any institution they would only have had 7s. 6d. deducted; whether it would be possible, where institutional treatment is not available, for such men to be put on the same footing as men who are treated in institutions; and whether the local pensions committees could be empowered to make the best arrangements they can with regard to lodgings for men who have to be treated as out-patients, without being restricted to a maximum payment of 25s. per week?
§ Sir A. GRIFFITH-BOSCAWENMy right hon. Friend has received the resolution referred to. The relatively unsatisfactory position of men who are lodged in billets for lack of institutional accommodation is appreciated, and the question of giving them more favourable terms is being considered.