HC Deb 15 June 1955 vol 542 cc17-8W
Mr. Remnant

asked the Minister of Education whether, under his regulations, a teacher on retirement has the option of taking an alternative pension to cover his wife if she survives him.

Sir D. Eccles

Under the Teachers' Superannuation (Allocation of Pension) Rules, 1937, a teacher of good health may, subject to conditions, surrender part of his pension in return for actuarially equivalent benefits for his wife. I am sending my hon. Friend a copy of the rules together with an explanatory memorandum.

of cotton cloth from India in the first four months of 1955 compared with the same period of 1954.

Mr. P. Thorneycroft

Imports from India into the United Kingdom (in thousands of square yards) were as follows:

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