§ 34. Mr. LAWTHERasked the Minister of Pensions if he will, in the rehearing of cases for pensions by either ex-service men or widows, give facilities for appellants to put forward their evidence, 28 whether medical or lay, and in any decisions that are against the appellant give the reasons why their claims have been rejected?
§ The MINISTER of PENSIONS (Mr. F. O. Roberts)I am not quite clear as to the class of case which my hon. Friend has in mind. I may say, however, generally that no difficulty is ever placed in the way of the production of fresh evidence in support of a claim. With regard to the last part of the question, I would point out that in the nature of the case it is not usually possible to intimate more than that the information furnished has not been sufficient to establish the claim.
§ Mr. LAWTHERHaving regard to the circumstances connected with many of these appeals, will the right hon. Gentleman see that the appellants are at least informed of the reasons why a claim has not been allowed?
§ Mr. ROBERTSI can only repeat the last part of the answer. I will look into the point which has been raised.