§ Mr. F. ROBERTSasked the Prime Minister whether he has received a copy of a resolution passed at a national conference on old age pensions or whether his attention has been drawn to the same; and whether, in view of the present lamentable plight of the aged poor, he can state if the Government proposes to take any steps to enable applicants for and. recipients of old age pensions to derive the full benefit of their thrift and personal provision for old age?
§ Mr. BALDWINA copy of the resolution referred to has been forwarded to me. His Majesty's Government are not prepared to reopen the settlement of this question embodied in the Old Age Pensions Act passed last December.