§ MR. WILES (Islington, S.)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government, in providing for the acceptance of certificates of thrift from friendly societies under Clause 3, Section (1), subsection (b), of the Old-Age Pensions Bill, intend to direct that such certificates may be admissible if given, respectively, by any society registered under the Friendly Societies Act, any similar society although not registered under the Act, and other types of society which, while established for the purpose of promotion of thrift, are not confined to the provision of benefits in sickness and death.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) It is not the intention that any distinction should be drawn between registered societies and non-registered societies, as such, whose operations are directed to the encouragement of thrift.