HC Deb 01 August 1957 vol 574 cc1486-7
4. Mr. Russell

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the nature of his objections to amending Section 20 of the Superannuation Act, 1834, so as to allow Civil Service pensioners re-employed in a lower grade to benefit from increase in pay awarded to staff employed in the lower grade.

Mr. Powell

No re-employed Civil Service pensioner receives less than the current rate for the job he is doing, and the Royal Commission recommended no amendment of Section 20.

Mr. Russell

Does he not fail to receive any increase given to others in that grade, and is not that the cause of the grievance? Is it not a discouragement to civil servants to go back to work at a lower grade?

Mr. Powell

He never receives less than tae pay of the grade in which he is employed. Frequently and usually he receives more than that.