§ Mr. D. G. SOMERVILLEasked the Minister of Health how many applications have been received during the present year from persons resident in the British Dominions or Colonies, either for pensions or for the right to remain contributors under the Pensions Acts, respectively; and whether any difficulty has been experienced in dealing with these applications?
§ Mr. GREENWOODThe number of applications which have been received to date for the payment under Section 3 of the Contributory Pensions Act, 1929, of pensions in the British Dominions, including the Colonies, is 1,062. The number of applications made by persons in the Dominions for the right to remain contributors is 285. The creation of the necessary machinery for payment of these pensions has involved a certain amount of delay in the first payments, but, apart from this, no special difficulty has been experienced.