§ Captain BOWYERasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the fact that it has not yet been found practicable to allow residence in the British Dominions to qualify a British subject to receive an old age pension, he will draw up a scheme whereby residence in any British Dominion whose Government would be prepared to enter into such a scheme should qualify British subjects for an old age pension, with reciprocity between such a Dominion and the United Kingdom; and whether, if this is not possible, and as a first step, he will try and get an agreement with our Dominions on the lines that 25 per cent, or 50 per cent, of the qualifying time of residence should have been spent within the Empire?
Mr. YOUNGLegislation would be required to give effect to either of these alternative proposals, and His Majesty's Government do not see their way to introduce such legislation at present.