§ Captain BOWYERasked the Minister of Pensions whether he will inquire into the case of Mr. J. Beddall, late No. 4389, company quarter-master sergeant, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment; is he aware that Mr. Beddall was wounded in the left thigh on the 16th November, 1916, was discharged in October, 1917, after being in various hospitals for over 11 months, and that ever since then his wounds have broken out afresh from time to time; that on the 12th January his wounds broke out again causing the insertion of a tube, but that treatment allowances have been refused on the ground that Mr. Beddall was fit for light work, although at the time of this refusal he still had the tube in his wound; and will he cause treatment allowances to be paid to Mr. Beddall for the full period that he was incapacitated?
Mr. ROBERTSI have looked into this case, and I am now advised that, for a time at least, the requirements of the treatment, itself were such as to warrant the grant of treatment allowances. I have accordingly issued instructions for the case to be carefully reviewed and any appropriate allowances paid.