§ Sir B. FALLEasked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the recent sinking of the s.s. "Continental Freighter," and that several of the crew, including fireman George Henry Saunders, of 6, Central Street, Landport, Portsmouth, went down with the ship leaving a widow and two Children of 13 and five years of age; and if, pending the grant of a widow's pension, he can make some money advance to the widow, who is in straitened circumstances?
§ Mr. GREENWOODUp to the present no claim for a widow's pension appears to have been received from Mrs. Saunders, and until such a claim is received and investigated it is not possible to determine whether Mrs. Saunders is entitled to a pension. It is obviously in Mrs. Saunders' interests that her claim should be made without avoidable delay. I have no funds at my disposal from which assistance can be given in such cases.