§ Sir W. de FRECEasked the Minister of Pensions whether his Department are pursuing the practice of making weekly deductions from disabled men's pensions, as refunds of allowances granted by Local Pensions Committees during periods of treatment as long ago as 1919; and, if so, under what authority this is being done?
§ Major TRYONI would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I am giving to-day to a similar question by the hon. Member for Middlesbrough West (Mr. T. Thomson), of which I am sending him a copy.
§ Mr. E. DAVIESasked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that Driver David Morgan Davies, No. T/37,729, Royal Army Service Corps, 5, Garden Street, Rhymney, has been deprived by the Appeals Tribunal of his pension; that the tribunal admitted that the man had suffered from malaria due to service in Salonika; and what steps he now proposes to take, seeing that the man has developed chest trouble and is totally incapacitated from following his employment?
§ Major TRYONThe Pensions Appeal Tribunal having confirmed and thus made final the decision of the Ministry rejecting the claim to pension for chest trouble, I regret that that matter cannot be reopened. If, however, disablement from3176W malaria has increased, renewed application for compensation therefor may be made through the local area office.