HC Deb 29 March 1955 vol 539 c262

Resolution reported,

That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to enable effect to be given to arrangements as to pensions and connected matters made or to be made between Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Government of India or the Government of Pakistan, and to amend the law in relation to certain pensions and other benefits arising out of service in or connected with India, Pakistan or Burma, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of moneys provided by Parliament

  1. (a) of any moneys required by the Secretary of State for discharging his functions under the said Act of the present Session in relation to any such arrangements (whether for providing pensions or benefits or for his administrative expenses);
  2. (b) of any moneys otherwise payable by virtue of any such arrangements by Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom (other than moneys which, by virtue of the National Loans Act, 1939, fall to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund);
  3. (c) of any moneys required to make good income tax for which relief has not otherwise been given which is deducted under the law of India or the law of Burma from any such pensions as may be specified in the said Act of the present Session;
  4. (d) of any increase of any pension and any increase in the administrative expenses of any Minister attributable to the application or extended application, with or without adaptation or modification, of any provisions of the Pensions (Increase) Acts, 1944 and 1947, the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1952, the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1954, or the Superannuation Act, 1949, to such pensions or persons as may be specified in the said Act of the present Session,

and the payment out of moneys provided by Parliament, or out of the Consolidated Fund, or into the Exchequer, of any moneys falling to be paid therefrom or thereto by reason of the application of sections six and eight of the Pensions Commutation Act, 1871, to pensions commutations arising by virtue of the said Act of the present Session.

Resolution agreed to.