HC Deb 28 November 1945 vol 416 cc1316-7
45. Sir Frank Sanderson

asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the setting up of a Select Committee to consider the question of counting of temporary service in the Civil Service for pensions.

The Lord President of the Council (Mr. Herbert Morrison)

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply to a similar Question given to him yesterday by my hon. Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury.

Sir T. Moore

Could the right hon. Gentleman say exactly when a temporary becomes a permanent?

Mr. Morrison

The point I am on this afternoon is whether a Select Committee should be appointed, and the Government do not think that would be the best way of handling the issue.

Mr. Lipson

Are the Government taking any action with regard to these temporaries?

Mr. Morrison

That is another matter. This is a question of procedure, of handling a given problem, and we do not think this is the right way to handle it.