HC Deb 25 May 1936 vol 312 cc1624-5
63. Mr. JOEL

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether there is any objection and, if so, of what nature, to civil servants retiring voluntarily between the age of 55 years and the date of compulsory retirement on proportionate pensions?

The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. W. S. Morrison)

Yes, Sir. An arrangement of the nature suggested would be contrary to the Superannuation Acts and would, moreover, clearly be against the interests of the State. The Royal Commission on the Civil Service which reported in 1931 recommended no change in the provisions of the Superannuation Acts which govern this matter—see Chapter XVI of their report, Command Paper No. 3909.