§ 42. Mr. HOGGEasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that men are discharged from the Army before they are fit for civil work, and that in consequence the Treasury Sick-leave Regulations, which were drawn up for other conditions, reduce the pay of such men by one-half at the end of six months and operate harshly in some cases; whether the pensions granted by the Pensions Ministry is being used to reduce wages; and whether he will consider the possibility of granting an extension of the period of full civil pay in all cases of Civil servants who are discharged soldiers and of issuing an instruction that the military pension shall not be used to reduce the civil pay and allowances of such men?
§ Mr. BALDWIN (Joint Financial Secretary to the Treasury)The adaptation of the Civil Service Sick-leave Regulations to the case of the discharged disabled soldier who reverts to Civil Service employment was very carefully considered, and I see no sufficient reason to modify them. It is expressly laid down that in fixing the civil pay of a discharged soldier no regard is to be paid to the fact that he is already in receipt of a pension.