§ SIR H. NIELDasked the Pensions Minister whether he will reconsider the existing provisions of Circular 169, together with Correction Slip 19, dealing with the question of special bedding and clothing of tubercular cases; whether, having regard to the communications which have passed between him and the county of Middlesex war pensions committee on the subject, he can hold out any reasonable expectations of the modification of the conditions with respect to overcoats and underclothing of men while undergoing medical treatment; whether he is aware that surgical appliances for artificial limbs do cause clothing to wear out more rapidly than might otherwise be the case; and, in the tubercular case which has arisen, will he consider the urgent need for the man to be protected 523W from chills and damp when, as the result of exposure to the elements necessitated by his mode of treatment, the one and only suit he may possess becomes wet?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSI am aware that the present regulations with regard to the supply of special bedding and clothing have given rise to some complaint, and I have the matter under consideration.