MR. GORSTasked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty, Whether he is aware that Greenwich Pensioners employed on the hired list of the Royal Dockyard are deprived, while so employed, of their pensions; and, whether he will give 621 such directions as will enable Greenwich Pensioners to work for Her Majesty's Government, as they now may for private employers, without giving up their pensions?
§ SIR MASSEY LOPESin reply, said, that the hon. and learned Gentleman was quite correct in the statement that pensioners in Greenwich Hospital were debarred from receiving pensions when employed in the Royal Dockyard. Previous to the Act of 1865 bodily infirmity was one of the conditions of receiving either an in-door or out-door pension at Greenwich Hospital. Since the passing of the Act of 1865 that test was no longer a necessary consideration. There seemed to be no good reason why Greenwich pensioners should be treated exceptionally, and they would in future be treated in the same manner as other naval pensioners, and therefore allowed to receive their pension while working in a Government establishment.