§ 75. Mr. BURGOYNEasked the Secretary of State for War if he will state how many ex-soldier clerks at the War Office are in receipt of an Army pension, and how many are without such pension?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR (Colonel Seely)There are 143 with Army pensions and 106 without such pensions.
§ Mr. BURGOYNEIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that Sir Edward Ward stated before the Royal Commission to Miss Haldane that all ex-soldier clerks employed at the War Office receive pensions?
§ Colonel SEELYWhat the hon. Member has referred to is the fact. All these ex-soldiers receive all their pension, but what was stated did not mean that all the ex-soldiers are to receive pensions, because they do not.
§ Mr. BURGOYNEWill the right hon. Gentleman make that fact plain, because the misunderstanding has done a great deal of harm?
§ Colonel SEELYWe have already made it as plain as we can, and what has been said to-day will make it plainer.