§ Mr. Spriggsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he acknowledged the receipt of a letter from Mrs. H. Traverse, a constituent of the hon. Member for St. Helens; and whether an assurance was given by him that a war pension would be paid to her brother's widow.
§ Mr. DeanWe received two letters from Mrs. H. Traverse written in similar terms. The reply to her first letter crossed in the post with her second letter, and a separate and further acknowledgement was not considered necessary.
No promise of a war pension for her brother's widow could be given as her claim has been rejected on appeal by an independent Pensions Appeal Tribunal whose decisions are binding on both the appeallant and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State.