§ MR. CONWAY (Leitrim, N.)asked the Vice President of the Committee of 26 Council, Whether it is the practice, in awarding pensions to teachers, under Article 134 of the Education Code, to exclude applicants who, having fulfilled all the conditions approved by Parliament, have been in receipt of incomes of £120 a-year, or of £110, with a residence; and, if so, upon what authority, and by whose direction, such exclusion of qualified claimants have been made?
§ THE VICE PRESIDENT (Sir HENRY HOLLAND) (Hampstead)No, Sir; such is not the practice.
§ MR. CONWAYasked the Vice President of the Committee of Council, Whether he will extend the benefit of Article 134 of the Code (Pensions) to those teachers who entered as pupil teachers while the old Pension Minutes were in force — namely, before 6th August 1862?
§ SIR HENRY HOLLANDI have no power to extend the operation of Article 134 without a new Minute under the sanction of the Treasury. The question has been frequently raised and decided in the negative, and I see no reason to make any change.