§ MR. HORNIMAN (Chelsea)To ask the President of the Local Government Board whether an old woman, occupying a cottage conjointly with her daughter and son-in-law who pay the major portion of the rent, £26, is disqualified for an old-age pension owing to the fact that her name appears as rateable occupier of the same.
(Mr. John Burns.) My hon. friend will realise that the circumstances of each particular case must be considered, but I may say generally that the fact that a claimant is the rateable occupier of a cottage of the kind to which he refers would not, I think, in itself preclude her from receiving an old-age pension.