§ MR. WATTI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, in view of the fact that an applicant for a political pension is required to make a declaration of poverty or of inadequacy of means before he obtains such pension, he will take steps to secure that no person in future makes this declaration and yet becomes a Member of this House.
§ SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANThe declaration in question is to the effect that the applicant's private fortune is inadequate to maintain his station in life. I do not see how I can prevent any person, whether a Member of this House or not, from making such a declaration.