§ 48. Mr. WATTasked whether Lords of Appeal have to serve fourteen years as such before they are entitled to a pension; and whether any exceptions to this rule have arisen during the last six years?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThere is no such rule. The rule is that to be entitled to a pension a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 2082 must either have done fifteen years judicial service or be disabled by permanent infirmity from the performance of the duties of his office. There have, as far as I am aware, been no exceptions to this rule.