In the absence of my right hon. Friend the Minister of Pensions, who has been requested to answer this question, I have been asked to reply. The pension scheme which no doubt the hon. and gallant Member has in mind in the last part of his question was intended solely for the benefit of soldiers with 14 years' service and over who served with the intention of completing time for long-service pension, but were prevented from doing so through being invalided during the Great War. My right hon. Friend the Minister of Pensions is not prepared to recommend the extension of the scheme to soldiers who would not in any event have completed time for service pension.