HC Deb 10 June 1920 vol 130 c763

Considered in Committee.

[Mr. JAMES HOPE in the Chair.]

Motion made, and Question proposed, That it is expedient to make such provision out of moneys provided by Parliament as is required for paying such pensions to blind persons who have attained the age of fifty as, under the Old Age Pension Acts, 1908 to 1919, they would be entitled to receive if they had attained the age of seventy, and any expenses incurred by any Government Department and the expenses incurred by the local pension committees up to an amount approved by the Treasury in connection therewith in pursuance of any Act of the present Session to promote the welfare of blind persons."—[Colonel Gibbs.]

Mr. SUGDEN

I wish to appeal to the Treasury that the financial provisions shall include all persons of any age who are so afflicted with blindness. The proposition of the Treasury to make financial provision for the period with which they are concerned is neither sufficient nor does it include all who should receive.

It being Eleven of the Clock, the Chairman left the Chair to make his Report to the House.

Committee report Progress; to sit again upon Monday next.