HC Deb 11 July 1949 vol 467 c144

Lords Amendment: In page 20, line 36, to leave out subsection (4).

Mr. Glenvil Hall

I beg to move, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."

The reason for this Amendment is somewhat technical. We now propose to omit this subsection, and we are making changes in the next Clause, to which I will refer when we come to it, to insert other words. Under the Bill a civil servant, particularly a woman, could make provision for dependants up to the number of three. What we overlooked was that in some cases such a woman might marry and might desire to change her nomination. Under the wording of the Clause as it at present stands there is an ambiguity which we now seek to put right.

Lords Amendment: In page 44, line 27, at end, insert new Clause "A"—(APPLICATION TO EMPLOYEES OF CABLE AND WIRELESS, ETC.): .—Section six of the Commonwealth Telegraphs Act, 1949 (which enables the Postmaster-General to make regulations with respect to the pension rights of employees of Cable and Wireless, Limited, who enter the Civil Service of the State) shall have effect as if the references in paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of that section to the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1946, included references to this Act.

Mr. Glenvil Hall

I beg to move, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."

The provisions of this Act apply to the employees of Cable and Wireless. When Commonwealth Telegraphs Bill was going through it would have been technically out of Order to have inserted in it a section such as we desire to insert in this Bill, because the Superannuation Bill had not then been passed by this House. Now the situation is that we can refer to it and insert the provision regarding these employees in the Superannuation Bill now before this House.

Remaining Lords Amendments agreed to. [All Amendments with Special Entries.]