§ 4. Mr. Russellasked 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. PowellNo 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. RussellDoes 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. PowellHe never receives less than tae pay of the grade in which he is employed. Frequently and usually he receives more than that.