§ 77. Sir F. NELSONasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether a member of any of the public services in India, who elected not to come under the new pension rules of 1919, which were the outcome of the Islington Commission of 1913, is in any way debarred from participating in the special additional pension benefits conferred on the Indian public services in 1924 as an outcome of the Lee Commission proposals; and, if so, whether such members who did not elect to accept the 1919 proposals will be permitted now to accept them?
§ Earl WINTERTONMy hon. Friend is under a misapprehension. No change was recommended by the Lee Commission in the rates of special additional pension as fixed in 1919 and none has been made.