§ MR. SMEATON (Stirlingshire)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether the post of secretary to the county association is a civil appointment; whether, if the incumbent is a 855 retired naval or military pensioned officer, he has offered to exempt him from the rule under the Superannuation Act, by which a deduction up to 10 per cent. is made from his salary; and whether the Treasury has given its consent to the offer.
MR., HALDANEThe post is a civil appointment. The Treasury have decided not to declare the funds of county associations to be public funds within the meaning of Rule I of the rules under Section 6 of the Superannuation Act, 1887, and accordingly a retired naval or military officer in receipt of pension if employed as secretary to a county association will not be liable to any deduction from his salary as secretary.
§ MR. SMEATONWill the hon. Gentleman be good enough to persuade the Chancellor of the Exchequer to extend the same concession to retired, pensioned naval and military officers in other civil departments?
§ MR. HALDANEI must leave my hon. friend to take what action he thinks fit with a view to securing that; I can only remind him that if I had come to any other decision in this case there would have been heavy charges on the counties.
§ MR. CORRIE GRANT (Warwickshire, Rugby)Will the right hon. Gentleman take care that the county associations are notified of this decision?
§ MR. HALDANEI think they have been.