§ Mr. HOGGEasked the Minister of Pensions whether he can now state the decision of the Ministry upon the case of Mr. John Griffiths, of 17, Prince's Street, Rotherhithe, S. E., reference No. KO/S 28,010, seeing that it is over a fortnight since the last medical examination took place, and that it is between four and five months since the first application was made to the local pensions committee?
§ Major TRYONIt has been decided that there is no ground for holding that the tuberculosis on account of which Mr. Griffiths claimed pension was due to or was aggravated by military service, and no award of pension can therefore be made. I may point out that Mr. Griffiths was discharged from service in October, 1916, on account of a gun-shot wound in the foot which had been sustained ori- 1351W ginally in the South African War, and that his application for pension on account of tuberculosis was only made in August of the present year. Mr. Griffiths, of course, has the right to appeal to the Pensions Appeal Tribunal against the decision of the Ministry.