§ Sir P. RICHARDSONasked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that the present practice of paying pensions awarded by the appeal tribunal as from the date of award instead of from the date of application operates to cause delay in the award of pensions and consequent loss to the person in whose favour the award is made; and whether he proposes to take any action in the matter':
§ Viscount CURZONMy right hon. Friend is not aware of any delay of the nature suggested. Once the question of entitlement is decided in the applicant's favour, the award and issue of pension normally follows within a few days.
§ Sir P. RICHARDSONasked the Minister of Pensions whether the central advisory committee has met this year; if so, whether it has considered resolutions submitted by advisory councils that pensions awarded through the Appeal Tribunal should date from the date of the first application or, in the case of widows, from the date of the decease of her husband; and, if so, what decision was arrived at by the central advisory committee?
§ Viscount CURZONThe central advisory committee met on the 17th February. The matters considered by them did not include the point mentioned by my hon. and gallant Friend.