§ 47. Mr. Tilneyasked the Minister for the Civil Service when he proposes to introduce the Pensions Increase Bill; and whether, in drafting the Bill, he will make the payments retrospective to the date of the opening of the present Parliamentary Session.
§ 48. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will include in his forthcoming promised Pensions Increase Bill provisions for retrospective payments for widows to the beginning of the present Parliament.
§ Mrs. HartI cannot give the precise date, but the intention is that the Bill should he enacted in time for the increases to pensioners or their dependants to be operative from 1st April next, without retrospection.