§ Mr. MacVEAGHasked the Secretary to the Treasury if the old age pension orders required for payment of old age pensions in Ireland are printed in Ireland; and, if not, have Irish printing firms been afforded an opportunity of tendering for such supplies?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe whole of the old age pension orders for the United Kingdom are manufactured by the Bank of England. In view of the special character of the work, and of the conditions under which it must be performed, it was not considered expedient to invite public tenders for the whole or any part of the supplies.