§ MR. LUTTRELL (Devonshire, Tavistock)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, before coming to a final decision as to whether naval and military pensions should be treated as earned income, he will take into consideration the facts that retired pay is liable to forfeiture by misconduct and in any case ceases at death, and that a number volunteer and are nominated to war appointments to be taken up on mobilising, and all up to sixty years of age are liable for service in case of war or national emergency, and that these officers have to report yearly as to their physical fitness and 516 willingness to go on active service and cannot leave the United Kingdom with out Admiralty permission.
(Answered by Mr. Asquith.) As I have stated before, I can assure my hon. friend that no aspect of this question shall escape my consideration.