§ Mr. AYLESasked the Minister of Pensions whether he will give instructions that in all future cases where an officer 305W or man is called upon to produce a medical certificate in support of a claim the cost of the certificate is to be refunded to the claimant if his claim is successful?
Mr. ROBERTSI have no authority to adopt my hon. Friend's suggestion, about which there seems to be some misunderstanding. An ex-service man making a fresh claim for pension at the present time is called upon to produce someprima facie evidence in support of his claim, but a medical certificate is not laid down as an essential condition of a claim.