Report from the Select Committee on Aged Deserving Poor ; together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence, and appendix.

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Aged Poor
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1899
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    Report, 1899—coniinued. Press, The. E,esokition of tlie Committee that no communications relating to their deliberations be made in the Press, except through the medium of the Chairman with the sanction of the Committee, Rep. xv. •Qualifjcatiojis (Applicants for Pensions). See Conditions and Qualifications. R. Itanldn, Sir James. Memorandum on old age pensions by Sir James Rankin, sub- mitting suggestions on various points, App. 214. Rates and Ratepayers. See Boards of Guardians. Cost (Old Age Pensions). Renewal and Revision of Pensions. Gri'ounds for the decision of the Charity Commis- sioners that pensions should be granted for three years and should be renewable. Sir H. Longley 366-368 Reasons which make it desirable that pensions should be triennial and renewable, Knollys 2021-2023. Provision usually inserted in charity pension schemes as to the pension being- re- newable every three years, so as to give the trustees opportunity for revision, Rep. vii Recommendation that the pensions, as recommended by the Committee, be renewable and subject to revision every three years, ih. xii. ..Residence of Applicants. Recommendation by the Committee that each applicant for a pension must be resident within the district of the pension authority. Re]), ix. Rochdale and Disurict. Resolution passed by Association of Operatives on the question of old age pensions, App. 185. Rothschild Committee (1896-97). Prolonged inquiry by Lord Rothschild's Committee of 1896-97, which resulted in their objecting to one and all of the different schemes which had been submitted to them with reference to old age pensions. Rep. iii. v. .Royal Commission (1893-94). Voluminous evidence taken by the Royal Commission of 1893-94, but without arriving at any recommendations in favour of old age pensions. Rep. iii. v. S. St. George the Martyr (Southwark). Paper handed in by Sir Henry Longley containing particulars respecting certain charities in the Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, and setting forth the order made by the Charity Commissioners and the scheme for the administration of the charities, App. 173-179. Settlement (Poor Law). Suggestion that the question of poor law settlement could be ascertained before an application is made for a pension, Bickersteth 652, 653 Conclusion that a pensioner living outside his own union should receive his pension from the funds of the union where he has settled, Knollys 2146-2148. Shop Assistajits, Warehousemen, and Clerics. Resolution passed by the jS'ational Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen, and Clerks on the subject of old age pensions, App. 184. Sick and Infirm Poor. Examination respecting the poor law arrangements for the helpless and infirm poor; opinion that they could be treated in the sick ward of the workhouse or allowed a sufficient pension for their keep at home, Knollys 2088-2094. 2125-2128. Society for Promoting Old Age Pensions. See Taylor, T. Saltinstall. State Aid. Preference given to a larger district than a parish as a division for a State • Isystem of pensions, Sir H. Longley MdAil Concurrence in the suggestion that the district council might be the administrative body for State pensions, ib. 448-450 ,. - Desirability of working private and State schemes in close contact, ib. 451. Evidence showing that under the scheme advocated by witness the Treasury is to provide part of the money, but is to have no poM^er as regards the choice of applicants, Graham 1462, 1463. 1510-1514 Information as to the means by which the Treasury are to be guaranteed that the pensions are justified, ib. 1478-1499. 1546. 1662-1668.
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