§ Mr. STANTONasked the Minister of Pensions if his attention has been called to the demands of the discharged soldiers and sailors in mass meetings in South Wales, and the charter they have pledged themselves to; whether he is aware that they demand a statutory declaration of the Pensions Warrant, the formation of a joint committee of representatives of employers, trade unions, and ex-service men to devise a real and beneficial scheme for the training of the disabled soldier, and the formation of a joint committee of representatives of local War Pensions Committees, the Ministry of Pensions, and ex-service men, to examine and revise the present warrant for pensions, and to generally supervise the administration of all emoluments to which they are entitled; and will he take these proposals into consideration?
§ Major TRYONThe attention of my right hon. Friend had not previously been238W called to the demand to which this question refers, but I would remind the hon. Member that a Joint Standing Committee of the Ministry of Pensions and the Ministry of Labour has recently been set up, on which the ex-service men's associations are represented. I would also refer him to the reply given on the 14th instant by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Labour to a question asked by the hon. Member for the Frame Division of Somerset (Mr. Hurd), of which I am sending him a copy.