§ SIR SAVILE CROSSLEY (Halifax)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether his attention has been called to the fact that a number of telegraph clerks now employed by the Post Office were previously attached to the Royal Engineers; whether the record of such service with the colours is added to their Civil Service record when pensions are computed; and, if not, whether His Majesty's Government will make arrangements that all such service for the State shall be counted for purposes of pension.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINThe Postmaster General is aware that a number of telegraphists now employed by the Post Office were previously attached to the Royal Engineers. Their service with the Colours cannot legally be taken into consideration in computing the civil pensions awarded to them in respect of their Civil Service.