§ MR. MURNAGHAN (Tyrone, Mid.)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is the intention of the Government to fix a qualifying period in the Old-Age Pensions Bill now before Parliament in respect to the aged poor who, since 1st January, have received outdoor relief, as is done in the case of recipients of outdoor relief under the Registration of Voters law, and, if so, will it be a fixed date or simply a twelve months interval; and would he, in view 974 of the strong feeling expressed in all parts of the House on this question, consider the desirability of altering the date of disqualification from 1st January to 30th June.
§ MR. HOBHOUSEMy right hon. friend can add nothing to what he said during the debate on the Committee Stage of the Bill in which the points raised by the Question were fully discussed.