§ Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of Admiral Jerram's Report and the decisions of the Government thereon, he will consider the possibility of refunding to those Greenwich age pensioners who in the past have not received their pension 2267W until many years after they became eligible for the same a sum of money equal to the pension they would have received if their pension had been paid at the age of eligibility?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe Board adopted the recommendation of the Jerram Committee on this matter as set forth in Recommendation 49, page 8, Command Paper 149 (with the variation in order to fall in with existing practice that the payment should be 5d. a day—instead of 6d. as recommended—at the age of fifty-five, increased to 9d. a day at sixty-five). The Jerram Committee did not recommend the retrospective refunding suggested by my hon. Friend, neither do I think we can vary their recommendation in the sense he suggests.