§ Sir FORTESCUE FLANNERYasked the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been called to the hardship of pensioned officers who, being recalled during the War, are being debarred from adding to their pension qualification the period of full-time service which they have rendered during the War; whether the Government will initiate legislation to remove this barrier and enable the pensioners to obtain pensions inclusive of their total service; and whether, in the meantime, the Post Office requests Treasury authority to grant pensions to pensioners who have been recalled to the postal service during the War?
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHThis is a question which affects the Civil Service as a whole, and should be addressed to my hon. Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury. The administration of the Superannuation Acts is vested exclusively in that Department.