§ Mr. GEORGE ROBERTSasked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the fact that the people in the Isle of Man were paying their quota by taxation to the cost of old age pensions, he would make representations to the Lieutenant-Governor of the island with a view to the early adoption in the island of the Old Age Pensions Act?
§ Mr. GLADSTONEThere has been no increase in the contribution which the Isle of Man makes to the Imperial Exchequer, and I do not know on what ground it is suggested that the people in the Isle of Man are paying any quota to the cost of old age pensions. The provision of old age pensions in the island depends upon the ability to raise revenue adequate to their cost. The question has been, and is, under the careful consideration of the Lieutenant-Governor, but it is a matter solely in the discretion of the insular Legislature.