§ 39. Mr. MOOREasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has received representations relative to the claims of certain teachers in Irish model schools to supplementary 1314 pensions, and to the inclusion in their pensionable salaries of all allowances from Parliamentary Grants; and what course the Government propose to adopt in the matter?
§ Mr. ACLANDMy right hon. Friend has received and carefully considered the representations of the Commissioners of National Education with respect to the position of certain model school teachers, but he regrets to be unable to sanction them. It is not the case that any teacher is deprived by the new Rules of any benefit against his will: on the contrary, the new Rules allow the teachers to choose freely between the benefits which they already possess and the benefits offered by the new Rules. My right hon. Friend cannot, however, see his way to allow a particular class of teachers the benefits both of the old and of the new Rules.
§ Sir J. LONSDALEIs the hon. Gentle man aware that the claim for these supplementary pensions and for the inclusion of allowances in their pensionable salaries is based upon the definition by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his letter of 12th December, 1913, in which he says, "The average money from Exchequer sources for the year"—
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe hon. Baronet must give notice of that question.