§ 7. Mr. Orbachasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance why he refuses to pay the 100 per cent. pension rate to Mr. W. E. Mateer, Neasden, a pensioner, in view of the fact that he has been provided with a medical certificate making it clear that it was under medical orders that he was not working and that these medical orders were part of the treatment.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterI think from our previous correspondence that what the hon. Member has in mind is the payment of treatment allowances. As I have already explained to him, these cannot, under the terms of the Royal Warrant, be issued to this gentleman for the period in question because it was not possible to certify that he was prevented from working by reason of treatment for his pensioned disability.