HC Deb 10 July 1919 vol 117 c2043W
Lieut.-Colonel WHITE

asked the Pensions Minister what decision has now been arrived at in the case of Mr. A. Pearce, of 46, Railway Terrace, Southport, late No. 243886, No. 416 Company, Agricultural Corps; and whether, seeing that he was compulsorily transferred to the Agricultural Corps and received permanent injury while on duty with the corps, the pension awarded to him shall not be less generous than that awarded to men of a like disability from wounds received on active service?

Sir J. CRAIG

The amount of disablement assessed by the medical board in March last was 30 per cent., and the appropriate rate of pension has been awarded, namely, 9s. l0d. a week, including bonus, until the 30th of March, 1920. The case has been treated precisely as would that of a soldier wounded in action, except that, to prevent double compensation, it is necessary to deduct from pension the amount received under the Workmen's Compensation Act?