§ 64. Lieut.-Colonel ACLAND-TROYTEasked the Minister of Pensions whether, in view of the fact that pensions have now been stabilised, he will allow disabled ex-service men to reckon in the amount of their bonus when arranging to commute a part of their pension?
The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of PENSIONS (Lieut.-Colonel Stanley)It is not proposed to make any change in the sense suggested in the statutory Regulations governing this matter. My right hon. Friend is satisfied from experience that the present Regulations preserve to pensioners no more than the minimum pension which, in their own interests, should be left uncommuted.
§ Lieut.-Colonel ACLAND-TROYTEDoes not the present Regulation in some 2790 cases allow commutation of pension above £3 a week, and does not the stabilisation of pensions increase this?
§ Lieut.-Colonel ACLAND-TROYTEDoes not the stabilisation of pensions mean that a higher sum than 16s. cannot be commuted?