§ Captain W. BENNasked the Minister of Pensions what is the reason for the making of final pension awards in cases where the disability is assessed at less than 20 per cent.; and whether, seeing that the continuance of a 20 per cent, disability may seriously impair the earning capacity of an ex-service man, he will favourably consider the necessary amendment to existing legislation in order to assimilate the treatment in these cases to that in those in which a higher percentage of disability occurs?
§ Major TRYONA final award represents the final decision as to the degree of disablement, if any, suffered by an officer or man by reason of his war disability. Section 4 of the War Pensions Act, 1921, under which final awards are made, makes no distinction between cases of less and more than 20 per cent. disablement.