HC Deb 05 March 1924 vol 170 c1422W
Mr. WESTWOOD

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether all the claims have been settled with the owners of the "Kenilworth," which collided with and sank H.M.S. "Bittern"; if not all, how many have been settled and how many are outstanding; and the amounts paid and the ratings of the men for whom the payments have been made?

Mr. HODGES

All the life claims have been settled with the exception of two, namely:

  1. (1) The claim of Mr. James G. Morrison for the loss of his son, C. A. Morrison (Signalman, R.N.V.R.).
  2. (2) The claim of the infant child of Mrs. Veal for the loss of its father, H. P. Veal (Ordinary Seaman). Mrs. Veal declines at present to put forward a claim on behalf of the child.

I am sending my hon. Friend the particulars requested in the last part of the question.