§ Mr. MacVEAGHasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he can state on what grounds Peter M'Conville, Tully-quilly, Rathfriland, county Down, has been refused an old age pension, seeing that the Poor Law valuation of his holding is only £9, and that, being unfit for 1460W hard work, he has to pay for assistance in labouring his holding; whether the fact of his son holding land in the proximity is one of the reasons for the decision; and, if so, whether he can state what Section in the Old Age Pensions Act authorises the pensions officer to take such a consideration into account?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEPeter McConville's claim to a pension was disallowed by the local pension committee on the ground that his yearly means exceeded £31 10s.