§ Major TASKERasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what date the pension officer, under the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1924, received the claim (22/9/1924) of Eva L. M. de Wilton, then of 73, Warwick Street, London, S.W.1; on what date the pension officer began to investigate the claim; on what date or dates the pension officer wrote asking for a valuation of the claimant's property in the Irish Free State; the exact designation of the official of the Imperial Government and/or the official of the Government of the Irish Free State, and/or the exact designation of any other person to whom the pension officer so wrote; the respective dates on which such letter or letters of the pension officer was or were replied to and received by the pension officer; the date on which the pension officer completed his (or her) investigation of the claim; the date on which the pension officer reported his (or her) completed investigation to the local pensions sub-committee; whether, at any stage or stages, there was any undue delay on the part of any Government official or Government agent in dealing with the claim or any point thereon; if so, who was the official or agent who so delayed; and what action has he taken, or will he take, towards preventing any undue delay in any future similar circumstances?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThis matter is still under investigation, and I will communicate with my hon. and gallant Friend as soon as the inquiries are complete.