HC Deb 18 August 1919 vol 119 c1927W
Major GREAME

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether it is competent for a discharged soldier whose assets are under £50 in value, but who is at present earning £4 5s. a week, to take divorce proceedings as a poor person; and, if so, whether he will cause an inquiry to be made as to why such facilities have been refused by the secretary to the President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division to W. F. Pannell, of 36, Algernon Road, Hendon, N.W.?

Sir G. HEWART

I have been asked to reply to this question. It has been considered by the President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division that a man earning £4 5s. a week cannot be deemed to be a poor person within the meaning of the Rules