§ Mr. Langford-Holtasked the Minister of Pensions of National Insurance why Mr. F. W. Hart, of 8, Oak Street, Shrewsbury, was deprived of the statutory right of appeal When, in 1920, without informing Mr. Hart, a pension for war disability aggravated by military service was substituted for a pension for a disability up to then certified as being due to military service.
§ Mr. BraineMy right hon. Friend cannot accept that Mr. Hart was deprived of a statutory right of appeal. As I said in the reply which I gave to my hon. Friend on 16th November, Mr. Hart was in 1922 notified that there was no remaining disablement due to his war service. He then had, but did not exercise, a right of appeal to the Pensions Appeal Tribunal. He did not, however, apply for reinstatement of pension until 1943 when his right of appeal to the Pensions Appeal Tribunal had long since expired.