§ 7. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir S. HOAREasked the Pensions Minister whether local pensions committees are only authorised to pay £5 to meet the expenses of indigent discharged soldiers, their wives, and dependants; whether, in the event of the expenses exceeding this amount, the expenses have to be met by the Poor Law guardians; and whether, if this is the case., local committees can be authorised to incur a greater expenditure in order that no Poor Law taint should be attached to the funerals of discharged soldiers and their dependants?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSI have not yet been able to make any satisfactory arrangements.