COMMITTEE ON NATIONALITY OF MARRIED WOMEN. APPENDIX E. MEMORANDUM FROM THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH. I am directed by the Minister of Health to draw attention to Section 2 (2) of the Old Age Pensions Act, 1908, as amended by Section 3 (1) of the Old Age Pensions Act, 1911, and by subsections (1) and (2) of Section 2 of the Old Age Pensions Act, 1919. It will be seen that it is a statutory condition for the receipt of an old age pension that the claimant must satisfy the pension authorities that for at least 10 years up to the date of the receipt of any sum on account of a pension he has been a British subject. This condition is, however, not required to be fulfilled in the case of a woman who satisfies the pension authorities that she would, but for her marriage with an alien, have fulfilled the condition. The Pension Officer who reports on the claim for an old age pension considers the question of nationality, and it rests with the claimant before he can obtain a pension to satisfy the local Peusion Committee, or, on appeal the Minister of Health that he fulfils the statutory conditions. So far as this Department is aware the existing arrangments for excluding persons not entitled to pensions are sufficient but the Customs and Excise Department would be in a better position to furnish you with information on that question. FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON NAVY AND ARMY TOGETHER WITH MINUTES OF EVIDENCE AND APPENDICES Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 25th July, 1923. LONDON: PRINTED & PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE To be purchased through any Bookseller or directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses: Imperial House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2, and 28 Abingdon Street, London, S.W.1; York Street, Manchester; 1 St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff; or 120 George Street, Edinburgh. 1923 Price 12s. 6d. net. 117 [Thursday, 12th April, 1923]-Navy and Army Canteens,- Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the circumstances in which the Navy and Army Canteen Board took over the assets and liabilities of the Expeditionary Force canteens and into the amounts, &c., taken over; and to inquire into the conduct, administration, trading accounts, and balance sheets of the Navy and Army Canteen Board since taking over from the Expeditionary Force canteens. Sir Frederick Banbury, Colonel Campion, Captain Viscount Curzon, Colonel Hodge, Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook, Mr. Lawson, Mr. Milne, Mr. Hugh Morrison, Mr. John Robertson, Colonel Stephenson, and Mr. Wallhead nominated Members of The cost of preparing for publication the shorthand Minutes of The cost of printing and publishing this Volume is estimated Witnesses' Expenses amounted to £5 7s. 6d. I. Introductory REPORT. Page iv HISTORY AND FINANCE. II. The History of Expeditionary Force Canteens and Arrange- III. The History of the Navy and Army Canteen Board and vii IV. Termination of Expeditionary Force Canteens and the V. The Trading Position at this date .. vii xi xii VIII. The 1920 Enquiry into the Buying of Supplies and the Disposal of Surplus Stocks (a) The Buying of Supplies (b) The Disposal of Surplus Stocks generally xxxiii xxxiii (f) Sales to the Watford Development Company 42161 a 2 REPORT. The Select Committee appointed to enquire into the circumstances in which the Navy and Army Canteen Board took over the assets and liabilities of the Expeditionary. Force Canteens and into the amounts, etc., taken over, and to enquire into the conduct, administration, trading accounts, and balance sheets of the Navy and Army Canteen Board since taking over from the Expeditionary Force Canteens, have agreed to the following Report : Appendix 3 Appendix 11 INTRODUCTORY. Your Committee have held 15 meetings and examined 23 witnesses. In addition to this your Committee have had the advantage of considering several previous Reports bearing on the subject of their enquiry, namely: The Report of the Canteen Organisation Committee (Chairman, Sir Archibald Williamson). (A. 2359.) 1920. *The Report of the Committee on Canteen Profits (Chairman, Sir Samuel Roberts). (Cmd. 1280.) 1921. *War Service Canteens. Disposal of Surplus Funds. Accounts, with a Report by Sir William Plender, G.B.E. (Cmd. 1717.) 1922. Your Committee have also considered and appended to their The Report and Recommendations of the Officials of the A Report on the conduct of the business of the Navy and Mr. C. S. Fisher (Solicitor to the Navy and Army Canteen Mr. Rae Smith (of Messrs. Deloitte, Plender & Co., Ac- Mr. E. H. Cherry (Secretary to the Board of Management, * These Reports can be obtained from H.M. Stationery Office. |