§ MR. T. W. RUSSELL (Tyrone, S.)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the political pensions granted under the provisions of 32 and 33 Vic., c. 60, are subject to a declaration of necessitous circumstances; and if he will state the terms of such declaration.
(Answered by Mr. Austen Chamberlain.) Yes, Sir, the grant of such pensions is subject to a declaration that the pensioner's total income is inadequate to maintain his station in life. The declaration is framed under the provisions of Section 7 of the Act of 1869.