§ 68. Mr. C. DUNCANasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether the moneys granted by the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury to the heads of the various solicitors' offices of the public Departments in respect of the salaries paid to the members of the unestablished staffs are out of moneys provided by Parliament within the meaning of the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1914, inclusive; and whether, provided that such person, being a member of such 1923 unestablished staff, has complied with the terms of Section 4 (c) of the Superannuation Act, 1887, as to length of service, the Lords Commissioners will, on the recommendation of the head of such office, give favourable consideration to the granting of a compassionate gratuity on retirement of such person in accordance with the scale provided in such Section?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative, but as the persons to whom the hon. Member refers have always been regarded as in the service of the particular officer who appoints and may dismiss them and not in that of the State, the Treasury has never thought fit to exercise in such cases the discretionary powers given by Section 4 of the Act of 1887.