§ Mr. NANNETTIasked the Parliamentary Secretary of the Board of Agriculture whether, in the terms of reference to the proposed committee of inquiry into the grievance of theemployé of the 11 Ordnance Survey, such a matter as the retirement of the labourers employed "by that body who are compulsorily retired at the age of sixty can be brought forward with a view of ascertaining whether a scheme of pension can be brought about, either by contribution or otherwise, and thus relieve these men from the hardship of being thrown on the world without being able, through no fault of their own, to provide for themselves or their families in their old age; and whether the question of the transference of the Irish section of the Ordnance Survey to the control of the Irish Agricultural Department will be included in the said terms of referenced?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of AGRICULTURE (Sir Edward Strachey)The subjects to which my hon. Friend refers are not such as could appropriately be considered by the committee which is in contemplation.