§ MR. SMEATON (Stirlingshire)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether supervisors have been appointed to verify and check the reports and proceedings of pension officers in pursuance of the instructions issued by the Board of Inland Revenue in September last; and, if so, how is it that no mention is made of these supervisors in the regulations recently issued.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) All supervisors and officers of excise have been appointed by the Treasury to be pension officers under Section 10 of the Old-Age Pensions. Act. The term "pension officer" in the regulations, therefore, includes the supervisor. All pension officers of a rank below that of supervisor are required by Departmental instructions to submit their reports to the supervisor for approval before they are forwarded to the pension committee.