§ Mr. C. EDWARDSasked the Minister of Pensions if he is aware that the Cardiff regional committee refused to advance a sum out of pension to Mr. R. J. Baker, 40, Mary Street, Bedwas (Mon.), to enable him to buy a bed and bedclothes which were badly needed; whether he is aware that this man served in the Navy and is in receipt of 9s. 6d. per week pension; that he has a wife and four children, one of them an invalid; that he has been in and out of hospital for five years, which made it impossible to purchase these necessary things; and will he take steps to see that more consideration be given to applications of this kind?
Mr. ROBERTSHaving looked very carefully into the facts of this case, I think the war pensions committee acted correctly and in the best interests of the man.