§ 116. Mr. T. Reidasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what temporary or permanent additions to the pensions of retired British or other Colonial Government officials have been made to meet the high cost of living caused by war conditions.
Mr. Creech JonesI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer my right hon. Friend gave on 29th May to the hon. Member for Kingston-upon-Thames (Mr. Boyd-Carpenter). The pension increase schemes of Colonial Governments vary but as far as pensioners living in this country are concerned most Colonial Governments award temporary increase on the same basis as that prescribed in Section I of the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1944.