§ MR. W. JOHNSON (Warwickshire, Nuneaton)To ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he will consider the advisability of altering form O.A.P., No. 5A, notice to claimant of disallowance of claim for an old-age pension, by giving a longer period than seven days for sending notice of appeal against the Committee's decision, and by enclosing forms of appeal and notification with the notice.
(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) My hon. friend's suggestion would involve an alteration in the Old-Age Pension Regulations, and not merely in the form to which he refers. I doubt the expediency of sending forms of appeal to claimants where a claim is disallowed, as this might be interpreted as an intimation that an appeal ought to be made. But I will cause my hon. friend's suggestion to be noted for consideration should any Amendment be made in the regulations.