§ Mr. GROVESasked the Minister of Health if he will inquire into the circumstance attending the refusal of pension to Mrs. C. Farley, No. 27,541,103; and whether he will review the whole case?
Sir H. YOUNGMrs. Farley's claim to widow's pension, under the Contributory Pensions Acts, failed because fewer than 104 contributions (the minimum qualifying number, specified by Statute) had been paid during her husband's insurance. The circumstances were fully investigated, but, in the absence of the statutory qualification, I have no power to award a pension to Mrs. Farley.
§ Mr. GROVESasked the Minister of Health if he will expedite inquiries into the pension claim of Miss Emily Beatrice Snewin, of 68, Devonshire Road, Stratford, E.15?
Sir H. YOUNGThe inquiries will be expedited and decision on her claim communicated to Miss Snewin as soon as possible. Difficulty has arisen from the fact that when she claimed a contributory old age pension she gave a different year of birth from that which she indicated when she became a member of an approved society in 1920.