87. Lieut.-Commander Hutchisonasked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that certain officers who retired soon after the end of the 1914–18 war are now receiving lower rates of pensions than were originally granted to them under the provisions of the Royal Warrant, 1919; and if he will take steps to remedy this anomaly in view of the rising cost of living.
§ Mr. StracheyI would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Defence to the hon. and gallant Member for Petersfield (Sir G. Jeffreys), on 4th July.