§ 61. Mr. Dodds-Parkerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will consider making an ex-gratia payment to Mr. F. W. Chapman of Chipping Norton, who received injuries whilst undertaking training in the Oxfordshire Civil Defence Corps on 8th July, 1957, resulting in loss of wages and out-of-pocket expenses amounting to £33, in view of the fact that the regulations then in force which preclude this payment have now been amended to provide for future cases.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe amount of sick pay that can be paid to a member of the Civil Defence Corps who is injured in the course of civil defence training is governed by the terms of the Civil Defence Corps (Sick Pay) Warrant. Mr. Chapman received sick pay up to the limits prescribed at the time of his injury, and as the later Warrant authorising improved rates does not provide for retrospection, I regret that I have no power to make an additional payment to him.