§ Mr. Haleasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance (1) whether he will make available, on request, to applicants for a war disability pension any medical certificates they have received from any member of the medical staff of a hospital in which the applicant has been under treatment;
(2) whether he will arrange that, where the Ministry has been supplied by the doctor of an applicant for disability pension with a medical certificate on his condition, a copy of such medical certificate shall be forthwith supplied to the applicant.
§ Lieut.-Commander MaydonMedical certificates are normally confidential, but when a claimant appeals to the Pensions 197W Appeal Tribunal there is statutory provision for all such evidence to be disclosed to the appellant or his representative.
§ Mr. Haleasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance whether he will give instructions that no application is to be made to the private doctor of an applicant for a war disability pension asking for evidence as to his state of health without the applicant's consent.
§ Lieut.-Commander MaydonSuch instructions have been in force for many years.