§ Mr. BOWERMANasked the First Lord of the Treasury when it is proposed to lay before each House of Parliament the Regulations, dated 17th August, 1911, made by the Treasury, the Local Government Board, and the Postmaster-General, under the Old Age Pensions Act, 1908; and also why so long a delay in so presenting those Regulations has occurred, particularly having regard to Section 10 (3) of that Act, which requires, amongst other things, that every Regulation under the Act shall be laid before each House forthwith?
§ Mr. MONTAGUThe Regulations dated the 17th August, 1911, were provisional Regulations under the Rules Publication Act, Section 2, and do not come under the operation of Section 10 (3) of the Old Age Pensions Act, 1909. The substantive Regulations, which will take the place of the provisional Regulations, will, of course, be laid before Parliament in pursuance of Section 10 (3) as soon as they are made. The reason why the provisional Regulations were not immediately followed by substantive Regulations is that1954W a number of suggestions for amendments have been received from local pension committees and others, and it was thought desirable to wait till any amendments which might be decided on could be embodied, lest the issue of fresh Regulations should become necessary after a short interval.