§ Sir J. Lucasasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance, in view of the facts that war-disabled pensioners of the 1914–18 and earlier wars have no 156W right of appeal to the Pensions Appeal Tribunal and that this right is restricted to the disability pensioners of the 1939–45 war, if she will seek powers to remedy this situation.
§ Miss HerbisonThe rights which 1914–18 War pensioners had to appeal to the Tribunal expired many years ago and it has long been accepted that it would not be practicable at this late stage to introduce a new system of formal appeals for them. As the hon. and gallant Member knows, however, there are well recognised procedures for dealing with new or revised claims they may make, or claims for the reopening of existing awards, and it is open to them, if they wish, to discuss their cases with their local War Pensions Committee.