§ SIR F. DIXON-HARTLAND (Middlesex, Uxbridge)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, under the Old-Age Pensions Bill, charities that are already granting annuities to the deserving poor would be allowed to reduce those annuities so as to bring the recipients to the limit of income to be given by the Government, namely £26 per annum, so that they can claim the Government pension.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) There is nothing in the Bill which can affect the discretion which such charities may at present possess either to increase or diminish the amount of allowances made 2087 by them. The amount of yearly means which disqualifies for pension under the Bill is £31 10s., not £26 as stated in the Question.