§ Sir KINGSLEY WOODasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions whether he has appointed a Committee to consider the advisability of increasing the pensionable establishment in the Royal Ordnance Factories; and, if 258W so, whether he can state the terms of reference, the names of the Committee, and when it will begin to sit?
§ Mr. KELLAWAYThe answer to the first part of the question is, Yes, Sir.
As regards the second part, the terms of reference are as follows:
To consider and report as to the advisability generally of increasing the pensionable establishment in the Royal Ordnance Factories, whether by admitting further grades to pension rights or by additions to numbers in classes now recognised. If so considered advisable (a) the numbers or proportion of employés who should be placed upon the pensionable establishment in such grades as may be recommended; (b) the terms and conditions on which the pensionable establishment should be fixed with particular reference to rates of remuneration.The Committee, which has already commenced its investigations, and sat for the first time on 20th November, is constituted as follows:
- Sir W. Graham Greene, K.C.B., Chairman.
- Mr. R. G. Hawtrey, Representing the Treasury.
- Mr. W. S Sarel, C.B.E., Representing the Admiralty.
- Mr. J. G. Ashley, Representing the War Office.
- Mr. W. Nance Williams and Mr. W. Hayden, Representing the Ministry of Munitions.