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Tuberculosis (Treatment Allowances).

Oral Answers to Questions — Naval and Military Pensions and Grants. – in the House of Commons at on 9 December 1929.

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Photo of Mr John Kinley Mr John Kinley , Bootle

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asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will ascertain the number, on any date, of tubercular ex-service men who, though certified as unfit for work, are not receiving treatment allowances?

Mr. ROBERTS:

I regret that I have no means of obtaining this information. Such certification would ordinarily be done by practitioners acting under the Health Insurance Acts.

Photo of Mr John Kinley Mr John Kinley , Bootle

Will the right hon. Gentleman consult his medical advisers as to the necessity for putting this matter on a proper and just footing, and is he aware that this is a matter of life or death to the ex-service men concerned?

Mr. ROBERTS:

Yes, I shall be very happy to give consideration to the point which has been raised.

Dr. VERNON DAVIES:

Are we to understand that once an ex-service man gets on the panel under the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Pensions loses all further interest in the case?

Mr. ROBERTS:

No, Sir.

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