§ MR. HORNIMANTo ask the President of the Local Government Board if he can now state whether a person who has received Poor Law relief will be eligible for a pension if the same is refunded by himself, a relation, or a friend; whether a man's wife, child, or other relation having received the same will disqualify him; and whether sojourn in a Poor Law infirmary in cases of illness or accident will disqualify.
(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) Three points are raised in the question. I think the answers are as follows: (1) The refunding of the cost of the relief would not remove the disqualification (2) Poor relief given to or on account of a man's wife or child under the age of sixteen will disqualify him. (3) Sojourn in a Poor Law infirmary would usually be covered by paragraph (i.), (ii.), or (iii.) of Section 3 (1) (a) of the Act, under which certain forms of relief, such as medical or surgical assistance (including food or comforts) supplied by or on the recommendation of a medical officer, or any such relief as under the Medical Relief Disqualification Removal Act, 1885, does not disqualify a person for being registered or voting, would not disqualify a person for receiving or continuing to receive an old-age pension.