§ 7. Sir PHILIP MAGNUSasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether a retired medical officer of the asylum service who accepts medical duties under the military authorities is deprived of his pension under Clause 7 of the Asylum Officers' Superannuation Act to the extent that no such officer may receive more of the superannuation allowance than, together with the pay from the military authorities, is equal to the remuneration of the office or employment in respect of which the superannuation allowance was awarded; that, consequently, in some cases the officer employed works for less than half the salary paid to other men; and that no such disability applies to military and naval pensioners; and whether, in view of the scarcity of medical men at the present time both for the Army and for civil practice, he will take steps to ensure the restrictions under Clause 7 of the Asylum Officers' Superannuation Act being waived?
§ Mr. TENNANTThe provision in question is not peculiar to asylum officers, but is applicable generally to persons drawing civil superannuation allowances. It is not proposed to alter the law, so far as I am aware, but the matter is one for the Treasury rather than the War Office.