§ MR. ALDEN (Middlesex, Tottenham)To ask the First Commissioner of Works if he will state the number of men employed in the lighting and ventilating department of His Majesty's Office of Works who are qualified to receive a pension on retirement; whether any of the employees are not so qualified; if so, how many, and what is the reason for placing them on a different footing to the remaining portion of the staff.
(Answered by Mr. Harcourt.) There are seventy-four men employed in the lighting and ventilating department at the Houses of Parliament; none of them are qualified to receive a pension on retirement.