§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDY (Cavan, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware that the Registrar of Friendly Societies is empowered to compel depositors in the Savings Bank to attend before him and answer for the means by which their deposits were procured; and further, seeing that this practice causes inconvenience and often expense to the depositors, will he take steps to have this alleged grievance removed, or, in the alternative, defray all personal and travelling expenses.
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY (Mr. VICTOR CAVEN-DISH, Derbyshire, W.)I understand that the Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies, when communicating with depositors in cases of dispute relating to Savings Bank deposits, informs them that they may give evidence by Statutory Declaration should they not desire to attend personally.