§ Colonel ENGLANDasked the Minister of Pensions whether any ex-service men are admitted to the Ministry's hospitals without receiving treatment allowances on the ground that they have been out of employment?
§ Mr. F. O. ROBERTSIn no case are the special allowances referred to refused by reason of the mere fact of unemployment at the time treatment is provided. They are payable in such circumstances 281W provided that the man is shown to be ordinarily engaged in a remunerative occupation yielding support for himself and his family, for the loss of which during, and in consequence of, the treatment, the allowances are intended as compensation.