§ MR. SAMUEL ROBERTSI beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, when he is considering the question of his ability to allow an Exchequer contribution towards granting pensions to the aged deserving poor, he will take into consideration the suggestion that such contribution shall, as a tentative measure, in the first instance be of a limited amount to be met by an equal or larger sum from local sources.
§ THE CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (Mr. Asquith, Fifeshire, E.)The suggestion will be duly considered.