§ MR. HAROLD COX (Preston)l beg to ask the Secretary of State for War 517 whether he has yet been able to devise any plan for dealing with those Army pensioners who cannot resist the temptation of drink, and who in consequence spend a large part of their time in the workhouse; and whether he will take care that any plan he may institute for dealing with this evil shall not interfere with the convenient arrangement of paying pensions quarterly to pensioners who conduct themselves properly.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. HALDANE,) HaddingtonshireThe whole question is still under consideration by the Committee under the chairmanship of the Paymaster-General.