§ MR. STEPHEN COLLINGS (Lambeth, Kennington)I beg to ask the Secretary of 922 State for the Home Department if, in view of the fact that men serving in the Metropolitan police who served in the Egyptian Campaign are not allowed to count towards their pension the time during which they were absent from the force upon active service, whereas those men who served in the South African Campaign are allowed to count the time towards their pension, he can arrange that service in the Egyptian Campaign shall be similarly counted for pension.
§ * MR. GLADSTONEThis matter is one that requires legislation, and it is dealt with in Clause 3 of the Police Superannuation Bill, now before Parliament. A special Act (the Police Reservists Act, 1902) was passed to meet the case of police called out for service in South Africa.