§ MR. JOYCE (Limerick)To ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether his attention has been called to the case of John Stapleton, pensioned gunner, who served twenty-four and one-sixth years, including two years' service granted for the Indian Mutiny; and whether, seeing that the terms of this man's service entitled him to 4d. per day extra on attaining the age of sixty years, and that he is now seventy-six, he will arrange that this pension shall be paid to this man.
(Answered by Lord Stanley.) The hon. Member is evidently alluding to the deferred pensions, which were only granted to men who were not in receipt of ordinary pension. This man, being already in receipt of a pension of 1s. a day, has no claim whatever to this grant of 4d. a day.