§ Mr. RAWLINSONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office whether his attention has been called to the case of Miss Riding, a masseuse working in the Mill Road Auxiliary Hospital, Liverpool, who early in 1919 contracted septic pneumonia from the patients among whom she was working and incurred during her illness expenses amounting to £22, and who, being taken ill suddenly, failed to apply for an order from her commanding officer for her removal (under Army Council Instruction 65, of 1919), and consequently has been refused any compensation by the War Office; and whether, having regard to the peculiar circumstances of the case, that decision will be reconsidered?
§ Sir A. WILLIAMSONThe circumstances of this case have been fully considered, and I regret that I cannot accept the hon. Member's suggestion.