– in the House of Commons at on 4 March 1929.
Sir Nicholas Grattan-Doyle
, Newcastle upon Tyne North
asked the Minister of Health whether a person drawing an old age pension under the Pension Act of 1925 loses that pension on taking up residence in the Irish Free State or Northern Ireland?
Sir Kingsley Wood
, Woolwich West
A person entitled to an old age pension under the Contributory Pensions Act, 1925, who takes up residence in Northern Ireland continues to be entitled to his pension, reciprocal arrangements having been made between Great Britain and Northern Ireland under the powers conferred by Section 33 of the Act. It has not, however, been possible to make reciprocal arrangements with the Irish Free State, as there is no contributory pensions scheme in that country, and the position is governed by Section 22 of the Act which provides that pension is not payable to any person while he is absent from Great Britain.
Sir Nicholas Grattan-Doyle
, Newcastle upon Tyne North
Could not some arrangement be made to bring such persons into benefit?
Sir Kingsley Wood
, Woolwich West
The great difficulty is that there must be reciprocal arrangements in these matters.
Ministers make up the Government and almost all are members of the House of Lords or the House of Commons. There are three main types of Minister. Departmental Ministers are in charge of Government Departments. The Government is divided into different Departments which have responsibilities for different areas. For example the Treasury is in charge of Government spending. Departmental Ministers in the Cabinet are generally called 'Secretary of State' but some have special titles such as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Ministers of State and Junior Ministers assist the ministers in charge of the department. They normally have responsibility for a particular area within the department and are sometimes given a title that reflects this - for example Minister of Transport.
