§ COLONEL BERESFORDasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether the clerks on the Ecclesiastical Commission who, in consequence of the reorganization of the establishment have been placed on the Redundant List, will be allowed the option of retiring, having their pensions commuted on the terms granted in similar cases in other offices?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERsaid, the Commutation Act only applied to services which were paid for out of monies provided by Parliament The salaries and pensions of the clerks of the Ecclesiastical Commission were paid not by Parliament, but out of the 650 monies of the Commission. Consequently, the Commutation Act did not apply to those clerks. Indeed, it would be obviously unfair that pensions borne by one fund should be commuted out of another.