§ Commander KINGasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what steps are being taken with regard to increasing the pensions of officers and men who were totally incapacitated while serving in the Royal Navy before the present War, in view of the fact that the increased cost of living renders the present amounts insufficient to provide the recipients with the necessaries of life?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSI have been asked to reply to this question. Men of the Royal Navy who were totally incapacitated as the result of service in a former war have their disability pensions raised to the level of the present War, and to the pensions so increased the 20 per cent. bonus is added. The question of similarly increasing officers' pensions is under consideration.