§ MR. CROOKSI beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware of the number of men in the various Government offices who are promoted to the establishment for meritorious work and conduct, and who, nevertheless, are unable to count the whole unestablished service towards pension; and whether he will take steps to remove this hardship.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEThe proportion of previous unestablished service (if any) which a person promoted to the establishment is allowed to count for pension depends upon the terms upon which he is promoted. The permission to count any part of such service is a special privilege, refusal of which cannot in my opinion properly be described as a hardship, and I cannot undertake to extend still further the very liberal concessions which have been made in this direction of recent years.