The answer to the first two parts of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the third part, the Air Council have power, where a deceased airmen leaves no widow nor children, to grant an allowance to his parents if they were largely dependent upon him at the time of his death and are in such pecuniary need as to justify the grant. In the present case the latter condition was not fulfilled and the allowance could not, therefore, be granted. The maximum grant in aid of funeral expenses was, however, made, and the balance of these expenses, to which the claim received from the airman's mother relates, can be met from the estate; moreover, the body was conveyed from Salisbury to Devonport at public expense. As regards the last part of the question, no distinction is made between death on active service and death due to a flying accident. The regulations were very fully considered when they were drawn up and I regret that I cannot agree that the present case proves that they call for amendment.