§ Sir G. COLLINSasked the President of the Board of Trade why the pension granted- to Mrs. Elizabeth MacLeod, of 60, Belville Street, Greenock, in respect of the loss of her son Neil MacLeod, second engineer on board s.s. "Yochow," who was drowned on 28th March, 1918, is only dated from 1st March, 1921; and will he make inquiries into the matter and as to whether the amount of the pension so granted is correct?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONThe pension was dated from 1st March, 1921, because the death of the father, which occurred on 28th February, 1921, so altered the family circumstances that it became possible under the compensation scheme to grant a pension to the mother in respect of the son's death. The amount of the pension is correct.