§ Lord E. PERCYasked the Minister of Pensions whether his attention has been drawn to the pension case of the late Private Charles Llewellyn Guttridge, Royal Army Service Corps, M/2/116,704, Ministry of Pensions No. 11/M/366,692, tribunal case No. 16/650; is he aware that Mr. Guttridge's claim to a pension in respect of nervous and mental breakdown was disallowed by the Pensions Appeal Tribunal on the 6th October, 1921, at a 2257W time when he was in an asylum, and when consequently the proper presentation of his case was impossible; whether he can consider a claim by his widow, Mrs. Guttridge, for a widow's pension; or whether he will assist Mrs. Guttridge in appealing to the tribunal for such a pension, in view of the circumstances of the tribunal's previous decision in the case of her husband?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe fact that the late soldier's claim has been rejected by the Pensions Appeal Tribunal does not affect Mrs. Guttridge's right to apply for a widow's pension and to appeal to the tribunal in the event of the Ministry being unable to admit a claim made by her. Up to the present Mrs. Guttridge does not appear to have made any application for pension, but should she desire to do so her Local War Pensions Committee will advise and assist her in the matter.