§ MR. WHITEHEAD (Essex, S.E.)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he will consider the advisability of reducing the cost of obtaining a copy of a certificate of birth to 1s. or a less sum in the case of any applicants for old-age pensions who may be required to produce such certificates.
(Answered by Mr. Hobhouse.) The point is one which is receiving careful consideration in connection with the regulations under the Act. I hope that as a general rule it will be found to be practicable, by checking the statements of applicants against the records of the Registrar General to dispense with the necessity for the production of actual certificates by the applicants themselves.