§ 13. Sir ROBERT NEWMANasked the President of the Board of Trade whether many old railway servants, including guards and porters, who after 40 years' service are only entitled to pensions which do not amount to 12s. a week, have reached the age of 65 years, are liable to be retired on this small pension; and whether he can, in view of the services they have rendered to the public, take any action to try and procure for these old railway employees a more adequate pension?
§ The MINISTER of TRANSPORT (Sir Eric Geddes)I have been asked to answer this question. I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a somewhat similar question by the hon. Member for the New Forest and Christchurch Division (Mr. Perkins) on the 4th June.