§ Mr. GROVESasked the Minister of Health if he will expedite inquiries into the case of George Smith, 19, Oxford Road, Stratford, whose claim for an old age pension has not yet been admitted?
Sir H. YOUNGMr. Smith applied for an old age pension in April, 1929, declaring that he was born in February, 1864, but no evidence in substantiation of that date could be obtained. The 1881 Census, however, showed him as then of the age of 12, and on this basis he will not attain the age of 65 until 1934. His claim was rejected accordingly on 13th November, 1929. Mr. Smith has produced no evidence to suggest that his age as deduced from the 1881 Census is incorrect.