§ Mr. Bullasked the Home Secretary whether in view of the fact that a man who loses an eye in the course of his work, but is paid the same rate of wages as before the loss, can receive no compensation while at work, he will consider amending the law in the direction of affording such a man some adequate compensation for his partial deprivation of sight and the constant inconvenience he must undergo?
§ Sir S. HoareThis point could not very well be considered apart from a general 59W review of the benefit provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Acts. The present principle is to give compensation only for loss of earning capacity, measured by differences in rates of wages. To compensate for inconvenience or other disadvantages not affecting earnings would mean a substantial departure from that principle and introduce a far reaching change in the scope of the Acts.