31. Captain T. J. O'CONNORasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been called to the hardship and inconvenience resulting to Government pensioners who have served in the Customs and Excise and Post Office Departments by reason of the Regulation which requires them to attend for identification by an authorised person four times a year, whereas pensioners who have served in other Departments have only to be identified twice in the year, namely, in April and October; and whether he is prepared to take any steps to abolish this distinction between different classes of pensioners?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Arthur Michael Samuel)It has for some years been the practice of the Post Office to require attested declarations from pensioned officials of that Department twice a year only. I have already informed my hon. and gallant Friend that it has now been decided to require attested declarations twice a year only from pensioned officers of the Department of Customs and Excise also.
§ Mr. SAMUELI am very glad to hear it.