§ 77. Mr. CAUTLEYasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he has now considered the hard position of the attendants at the Law Courts, who are compelled to retire without pension at the age of seventy; whether, having regard to the necessity of the services performed by these public servants, the time has yet come that they should be put upon the establishment of the Civil Service and pension rights be secured to them; and, in particular, whether something more than the usual small gratuity can be given to the twelve or fifteen men who are leaving the service in September next on account of having reached the age limit?
§ Mr. BALDWINThis matter is at present under discussion between officers of the Treasury and of the Lord Chancellor's Department. The answer to the last part of the question is in the negative.