§ Viscount WOLMERasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider the desirability of appointing a Commission similar to that established for the Navy to consider and report on the pay and pensions of time-serving men in the Regular Army?
§ Mr. FORSTERA Committee has been appointed to consider the question of the pay and pensions of the Army.
§ Viscount WOLMERasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that since acting rank does not increase a non-commissioned officer's pension many Regular non-commissioned officers, on the expiry of their service, will only receive pensions for the rank they held prior to the war, and whether, in fixing a noncommissioned officer's pension, regard will be had to the rank he occupied during the War?
§ Mr. FORSTERService pensions are based on permanent and substantive rank,2546W and I am afraid that no departure can be made from this rule.
§ Viscount WOLMERasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider the possibility of raising the pensions of Regular officers, warrant officers, noncommissioned officers, and men, in view of the diminished purchasing power of the sovereign?
§ Mr. FORSTERAll these points will be fully considered in the general review of pensions which is being taken in hand.