§ Mr. MYERSasked the Minister of Pensions whether the proposed Committee to inquire into the local administration and the machinery of the Ministry has been set up; and, if so, can he state the personnel of the Committee, the terms of reference, and when the Committee propose to start their deliberations?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative.
The personnel of the Committee is as follows:—
Major G. C. Tryon, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions, Chairman.
2102WMiss E. Kelly, C.B.E., J.P., Member of Portsmouth Local War Pensions Committee.
Captain H. H. C. Baird, D.S.O., Editor of "The Service Man."
Major R. Barker, M.P., The hon. and gallant Member for Sowerby.
G. W. Chrystal, Esq., C.B., Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Pensions.
A. T. Davies, Esq., C.B.E., M.P., The hon. Member for Lincoln.
Lieut.-Colonel J. P. Nisbet Hamilton Grant, J.P., Chairman of Perth County Local War Pensions Committee.
Major C. G. C. Hamilton, M.P., The hon and gallant Member for Altrincham.
Sir Henry P. Harris, K.B.E., M.P., The hon. Member for the Southern Division of Paddington.
Major V. L. Henderson, M.C., M.P., The hon. and gallant Member for Tradeston
E. H. Hodgson, Esq., Assistant Secretary and Director of Establishments, Ministry of Pensions.
C. F. Adair Hore, Esq., C.B., Senior Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Pensions.
Walter Peel, Esq., O.B.E., Representative of the Association of Local War Pensions Committees.
Sir Samuel B. Provis, K.C.B., C.H., late Permanent Secretary, Local Government Board.
R. E. Westaway, Esq., Regional Director, Ulster.
Robert Young, Esq., M.P., The hon. Member for Newton.
The terms of reference are:
To inquire into the system and methods of administration of the Ministry of Pensions, with special reference to the working of the regional and local committee systems and the existing arrangements for the issue of pensions.It is hoped to call the Committee together during the course of next week.