§ Mr. Thorpeasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will seek to amend the regulations restricting the percentage of Army pensions that can be commuted at the end of a 25-year service engagement so that such communtation can be put on a more flexible basis.
§ Mr. Robert C. BrownNo. Service men have greater opportunities than other public servants to commute pensions, and I cannot hold out any hope of these opportunities being enlarged.