§ Sir C. YATEasked the Under-Secretary of State for India if, before making any reduction of the pensions of officers of the Indian Army with retrospective effect from 1st July, 1924" he will take into consideration the hardship that may be inflicted upon these retired officers by mulcting them of accumulated arrears in one lump sum?
§ Mr. RICHARDSA provisional deduction of approximately 5 per cent. is already being made with effect from 1st July, in order to avoid any hardship through the recovery of accumulated arrears.