§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has any statement to make about the closing date for acceptance of uncertificated postwar credit claims.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon:Yes. Under a statutory instrument made earlier this year the last date for claiming repayment of post-war credits when the applicant is unable to produce a PWC certificate in support of his claim was set at 31st December 1978. Although that date is the latest by which repayment in such cases may be claimed as of right, the Inland Revenue will in practice continue until 31st March 1979 to accept claims where the applicant can show reasonable excuse for having failed to make his claim before the formal time limit. An Inland Revenue press notice to this effect is being issued today.
I would emphasise that only uncertificated claims are affected; no time limit has been set for claims supported by one or more PWC certificates.