§ Lieut.-Colonel ASHLEYasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether ex-sergeants and constables of the Royal Irish Constabulary are allowed to commute their pensions; and, if so, on what terms?
§ Sir H. GREENWOODI would refer the hon. and gallant Member to Paragraph 5 of Document No. II in the Terms of Disbandment which has been circulated as a White Paper (C.M.D. 1618A).
Mr. BURNasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to the case of ex-Sergeant Hugh R. Shortt, late of the Special Constabulary in Ulster, who was wounded in the discharge of his duty so far back as the 23rd December, 1920, and was finally discharged from that constabulary on the 31st October, 1921, as being unfit for further duty; whether, notwithstanding repeated representations which have been made to the Imperial authorities, no pension has yet been paid to ex-Sergeant Shortt; and, as this is clearly a liability for the Imperial Government, whether he will see that no further delay occurs in paying the pension to which this ex-sergeant is entitled as a matter of right?
Mr. YOUNGI would refer the hon. Member to the answer given him on 12th April in reply to a similar question.