§ Brigadier-General SURTEESasked the Minister of Pensions on what grounds are mobilised Army Reservists (Regular Army) in receipt of disability pensions awarded during or after the War and with 18 or more years of colour and Reserve service debarred from receiving the increase of service pensions as stated by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Pensions on 5th May, 1920; and, seeing that these men are in receipt of modified pensions (old scale), will he consider the possibility of bringing them under the new scale according to their length of service, whether continuous or not, provided that such service has been for not less than 10 years' colour service?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThis is mainly a question for the Service Departments, but I would point out that the scheme referred to, which defined the classes of men to whom it applied, was framed for the purpose of compensating men who had entered the Army on terms which would entitle them to expect to be able to remain in the service long enough to qualify for the full service pension, but who were discharged, before they had qualified, on account of a disability caused or aggravated by war service. The class of man referred to in the question does not, I am informed, come within that category.