§ Mr. WHELERasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he has received an application for a Greenwich Hospital old age pension from Josiah Blandford, aged seventy-six, of 2, Marine Parade, Sheerness; and, if so, whether he will state the reason for withholding the pension in this case?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. Blandford was superannuated as a messenger, and is therefore not eligible for a Greenwich Hospital age pension.
§ Mr. WHELERIs the right hon. Gentleman aware of the fact that this man holds a certificate for long service as an ordinary seaman and that he is debarred from a pension through a mistake?
§ Dr. MACNAMARANo, I think not. Blandford was superannuated as a messenger and is not eligible for a Greenwich age pension. His pension as a messenger is £60 16s. 7d. a year.
§ Mr. WHELERIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that I have a certificate signed by the dockyard superintendent in which he is put down as an ordinary seaman?
§ Dr. MACNAMARANo. In any case he was superannuated as a messenger and he is not eligible for a Greenwich age pension.