§ Mr. NANNETTIasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether, under the scheme whereby certain assistants on the Ordnance Survey and in other public departments are admitted to the establishment, these assistants are required to accept a reduction in their salaries on being admitted to the benefits of the Superannuation Act; will he say if they are entitled to these benefits from the date of such reduction; and, if not, will he state why their salaries should be reduced prior to the date of their certificates?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe answer to the first question is in the affirmative; the answer to the second is also in the affirmative, provided that the Civil Service certificate is ultimately obtained. The third question consequently does not arise.