§ Mr. STEPHENasked the Minister of Pensions how many local pensions committees and how many local authorities, respectively, have made representations to him asking for a committee of inquiry into the pensions administration; and how many have asked for the abolition of the seven years' limit for claiming a pension?
§ Major TRYONI understand that 23 War Pensions Committees out of 170 have made representations on the first of the two matters referred to in the question, and six committees in regard to the second point. Fourteen local authorities have passed resolutions on the second of the two points, and none on the first.