§ Bill, as amended, considered.
§ Clause 3 (Pensions and allowances).
§ MR. TREVELYANmoved to leave out from "Provided," in page 2, line 35, to the end of the clause, and insert—
That no county inspector or sub-inspector appointed before the passing of this Act shall be entitled to receive any pension exceeding the amount which may be granted to him under the scale provided by this Act or the amount which it would have been lawful to grant to him if this Act had not been passed; that every such county inspector or sub-inspector shall, on retirement and if otherwise qualified for a pension, be entitled to elect between such amounts respectively.Question proposed, "That those words be there inserted."
§ MR. HEALYsaid, that, before the Question was put, he would like to say it was a rather remarkable thing that although the Government had had two clear days in which they could have put this Amendment on the Paper, they had not thought proper to do so.
§ Question put, and agreed to.
§ Bill to be read the third time To-morrow.