§ 31. Major Bruceasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is now prepared to give a decision as to the compensation to be awarded to Mrs. Lippiatt in respect of her loss of earning capacity consequent on the contraction of an unknown disease whilst employed on official duties, and concerning whom the hon. Member for North Portsmouth wrote to his Department on 30th September last, and whose health and financial position are both being seriously undermined by the delay in settling the matter.
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§ Mr. BevinThe long investigations which have been necessary in this case, and which were referred to in the letter sent to my hon. and gallant Friend on 7th October, are now complete, I am glad to say that an award is being made to Mrs. Lippiatt under the injury warrants and that a payment is being made to her at once. I am writing to my hon. and gallant Friend.