§ 53. Mr. de Rothschildasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction among local authorities and old age pensioners with the present regulations whereby the value of maintenance of such pensioners whilst inmates of a hospital or local institution for reasons of ill-health is calculated as means, resulting in the discontinuance or reduction of such pension and the imposition of the cost of maintenance upon the local authority; and whether he proposes to take any steps to alter the present practice?
§ Lieut.-Colonel ColvilleI would refer the hon. Member to the full answer I gave on this subject on 29th April last to the hon. Member for Bradford, Central (Mr. Leach), of which I am sending the hon. Member a copy.