§ 49. Major-General Sir ALFRED KNOXasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any alteration has been made in the reductions of pay of the Civil Service based on the cost of living; and whether similar alterations have been made in the pay and pensions of officers of the fighting services?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Pethick-Lawrence)In conformity with the arrangement applied last autumn to the Civil Service, it was decided that the revision of rates of pay and retired pay of officers of the fighting services due on the 1st July, 1930, should be made with reference to a cost-of-living index of 70 instead of the actual index of 65. This revision will operate until the 30th June, 1931, before which the matter will be reconsidered.