§ MR. RIDSDALE (Brighton)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether one of the attractions held out to Mr. S. H. Andrews, a naval pensioner, to re-engage when he did in 1872, was that, in addition to a time-expired pension, he would obtain a Greenwich Hospital pension of 5d a day on attaining the age of fifty-five; whether such pension became due on 8th July, 1899, and has since been withheld; and whether, if the facts are as stated, he will have the grievance remedied.
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONThe age pension can in no circumstances be claimed as a right, and awards must always be limited by the amount of the funds available. Mr. Andrews became eligible in July, 1899, and since then his application has been, and will be, considered with those of other applicants.