§ MR. HOWARD SPENSLEY (Finsbury, Central)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether any action is to be taken with regard to the disadvantages as to pension and compulsory retirement under which Officers of the Royal Engineers serving in India, but on the Imperial List, labour, as compared with Officers of the same corps borne on the Indian List, and Officers of the Indian Staff Corps?
THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN)&c.) (Stirling,The Indian List of Engineer officers is an expiring list, and its members have exceptional privileges under the Parliamentary guarantee, which will not be continued to their successors on the Imperial List. Under a recent Warrant Engineer officers can in certain circumstances elect permanent Indian service, in which case they obtain special privileges as to retirement and pension.