above the age of 65. A number of bills were introduced in Parliament between 1900 and 1907, and in March 1906 the House of Commons unanimously approved a resolution calling for the introduction of universal old-age pensions.

The Old Age Pensions Act 1908 was passed in Parliament on May 7, 1908 in H. H. Asquith's budget.

The voting on the legislation established the Old Age Pensions Act mostly occurred along party lines. In the Second Reading of the bill, which took place on the 16th of

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