§ 64. Sir BERTRAM FALLEasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware that under the regulations the issue of civil pay was permitted in certain cases to men who were serving in His Majesty's Dockyards and were called up, or joined up, for the War, but that the Treasury has ruled that it would be contrary to the intention of the regulations that such mobilised service should reckon towards a gratuity under Section 4 of the Superannuation Act, 1887; and whether he will take steps to secure the grant of gratuity in these cases?
§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEI understand that the hon. Member is referring to certain exceptional cases in which men who joined the dockyard service immediately before the outbreak of War have been regarded as war entrants for the purpose indicated in the question. On further consideration I am prepared to allow these men's military or naval service to reckon for civil gratuity.