§ Mr. FIELDasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Section 4, Superannuation Act, 1839, under which, in computing the amount of superannuation allowance, seven years were added to the years of service of a full-time professor in the Royal College of Science in London and the sister college in Dublin when these institutions were under the control of the Department of Science and Art, still applies to the professors in the Dublin college now that it is under the Irish Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction?
§ Mr. LLOYD-GEORGEPrimâ facie, I see no reason to suppose that the transfer of control, in itself, has affected the position as regards Section 4 of the Superannuation Act, 1859, of any chair the identity of which has remained unchaged. If any professor wishes for an authoritative decision on the point, it is open to him to ask for one officially through the head of his Department.