§ Lieut.-Colonel SPENDER-CLAYasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he can give the approximate increased charge to the State if members of the Civil Service were allowed to count previous non-pensionable service with the colours for Civil Service pensions?
§ Major BOYD-CARPENTERThere are so many unknown factors involved in this calculation that I am unable to give my hon. and gallant Friend a reliable estimate of the approximate cost, but it is clear that it would be very large.