§ MR. SCHWANN (Manchester, N.E.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, in, view of the fact that a number of postal telegraphists have been employed on active service in South Africa for varying periods during the war, whether these officers of the Post Office, including those who volunteered with the Yeomanry, will have these periods counted as service with the Post Office for pension purposes.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY: (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN, Worcestershire, E.)Yes, Sir.