Major BARKERasked the Minister of Pensions if he is taking steps to obtain legislative sanction to increase the period of validity of a life certificate to 20 weeks, and that, in conjunction therewith, an allowance book containing 26 weekly drafts should be brought into use; and if he is aware that if this recommendation be carried into effect, the estimated saving will be £105,000 annually, besides being mere convenient to pensioners?
§ Major TRYONThis question, which affects not only the Ministry of Pensions, but all pension-paying Departments, is receiving careful consideration. An experiment is at present being tried of issuing half-yearly pay books, containing two quarterly life certificates, in the case of pensioner widows.