§ Major HENDERSONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can 2242W undertake to introduce a Clause into the next Finance Bill by which pensions earned by ex-soldiers and ex-sailors will not count as income for the purpose of assessment of old age pensions?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe adoption of this suggestion would involve the Amendment of the Old Age Pensions Acts. A Committee has been appointed to consider what alterations should be made in those Acts as regards rates of pension or qualifications.