§ MR. W. NICHOLSON (Hampshire, Petersfield)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if, as the duties of the Excise officers will be more important under the Pensions Bill, due provision will be made for increasing their salaries.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) In my Answer of the 2nd ultimo to the hon. Member for Blackburn, I have already indicated my readiness to consider favourably a recommendation from the Board of Inland Revenue to award gratuities to those Excise officers who may be called on to undertake the new work this autumn in connection with old-age pensions. I am not in a position to add anything to that Answer.