§ Sir T. INSKIPasked the Prime Minister whether he is aware of the number of cases in which ex-service men entitled to payments of various kinds by way of pension or gratuity are deprived of the amounts payable to them in order to recoup departments concerned for overpayments or losses, generally made or incurred during military service, for which overpayments or losses the men were not responsible and which were entirely due to the mistakes of the departments; that this practice is on the increase, to the prejudice of many ex-service men whose expectations of income are suddenly disappointed without any fault on their part; and whether he proposes to take steps to check the practice?
Mr. GRAHAMSo far from the practice of recovering over-issues from subsequent payments to ex-service men being on the increase, my information is that very substantial concessions have been made which greatly reduce the extent of such recoveries. If the hon. and learned Gentleman will be good enough to send me examples of the kind of case he has in mind I will make inquiries into them.