§ MR. MORTON (Sutherland)To ask the President of the Local Government Board whether small amounts contributed weekly by children to a parent must count as fixed income under Section 4, subsection (1) (a), of the Old-Age Pensions Act, or whether such contributions can be counted as voluntary gifts.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) The subsection referred to in the Question contains no reference to "fixed income," and, whether or not such contributions as those described by my hon. Friend can properly be counted as voluntary gifts, I see no warrant in the provisions of the section for excluding them from the calculation of the recipient's means for the purposes of the Act.