§ Mr. BOWERMANasked the Minister of Health whether he is of opinion that it would reduce the number of appeals to his Department under the Old Age Pensions Acts and the Blind Persons Act, or smooth the administration of those Acts, by rendering possible a greater measure of uniformity between, on the one side, the recommendations of the pension officers appointed by His Majesty's Treasury and, on the other side, the decisions of the local pensions committees and the Minister of Health, if he were to communicate to His Majesty's Treasury and the pensions committees all, or the more important of, the juridical rulings which have been recorded by his predecessors (the Local Government Board) and himself for their and his guidance in determining such appeals, and which have not been so communicated; if so, whether he will so communicate such rulings now and in future; whether he has received from any pensions committees any suggestions for such communications; and, if so, from how many such committees?
§ Sir A. MONDI will consider the hon. Member's suggestion, but as the decisions upon these appeals depend so often upon the particular circumstances of individual cases, I am doubtful whether the circulation of these decisions would be of much assistance to the committees. Only one committee has suggested that this should be done.