HC Deb 31 March 1926 vol 193 cc2014-5
16. Mr. HORE-BELISHA

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the total amounts of reductions made from the wages of established men are in excess or deficiency of the sum required to pay their pensions and other charges which are made from the superannuation fund?

Mr. DAVIDSON

The amounts of the difference between the pay of established and hired workmen, to which it is assumed that the hon. Member refers, are materially less than the provision which would be required to meet the superannuation charges in respect of the established men.

17. Mr. HORE-BELISHA

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the restriction now placed in the way of a man's establishment in His Majesty's dockyards and of the low pension payable to established men, the Admiralty will consider allowing established men to count their full hired time for pension?

Mr. DAVIDSON

The question of what service should count for pension under the Superannuation Acts is one for the Treasury, and I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him by my right hon. Friend the then Financial Secretary to the Treasury on the 27th February, 1925 — [OFFICIAL REPORT, Column 2334.]