§ Captain BOWYERasked the Minister of Pensions whether his attention has been called to the case of Mr. Thomas Edwin Gilks, late No. 47,963, lance-bombardier, Royal Field Artillery, and later No. 223,309, gunner 25th A Aircraft Company, Royal Garrison Artillery; is he aware that Mr. Gilks had finished his colour service in 1914, went to France 16th August, 1914, and was invalided home in 1918 and discharged; that his pension was stopped in April, 1921, and 892W that as lately as February, 1922, he was asked to join Section D, Army Reserve, but failed to pass owing to his medical disability; and will he inquire into this case and see that this man's pension is paid with arrears from April, 1921?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONOn each occasion on which this man was examined by a medical board his disablement was assessed at less than 20 per cent., and he was not therefore entitled to disability pension, but only to the final weekly allowance, which expired in May, 1921. I have no information as regards the man's rejection for service in the Reserve, but I would point out that the fact of rejection for further military service would not necessarily imply that the man was entitled to further compensation for disablement.