§ 36. Mr. R. YOUNGasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether 50 years of age is to be retained as the age for the compulsory retirement of warrant officers and naval officers promoted from that rank; and, if so, will similar pension and gratuity conditions be applied on their retirement as under the last reduction order?
§ Mr. AMERYIt is the intention to retain 50 as the age of compulsory retirement in those warrant officer branches in which the age was reduced to 50 under the special scheme of retirement. The answer to the last part of 'the question is in the negative.
§ Mr. YOUNGAre these who were not retired under the recent Order and whose services were not dispensed with if compulsorily retired at some later date, to get similar conditions to those laid down in the recent Order?
§ Mr. AMERYIn future the age will be 50, and the conditions applied will he those applied on retirement on termination of services previously.