§ Mr. SNOWDENasked the President of the Local Government Board if a local tribunal is entitled, in sending out the notice of the hearing of a claim for exemption, to state on the notice paper that the claimant should in the meantime apply to be examined before the medical board and produce their certificate at the hearing of the application for exemption; and, if not, will he instruct the Aberavon (Glamorgan) local tribunal to stop issuing such notices?
§ Mr. LONGI do not think that it is unreasonable that a tribunal should, in suitable cases, ask an applicant to be examined medically before his application is heard. The medical category in which the man is placed may be a material factor in deciding his case. I would also remind2688W the hon. Member that, in certain cases, the question whether or not a man is to be regarded as being in a certified occupation, depends upon whether he has been passed as fit for general service.