§ Sir WILLIAM SEAGERasked the President of the Board of Education if he is aware that injustice will be done to teachers who have been compelled to retire because of ill-health or who have already reached the retiring age unless the provisions of the new Education Act are made to apply in their case; is he aware that a female trained certificated teacher after serving twenty-two and a half years had to retire through ill-health and is now in receipt of a pension of £27 per annum to which she contributed, whereas under the new Bill, which is non-contributory, she would have received £55 per annum; and will he have this inquired into and see if it is possible to apply the new scale to such a case as this?
§ Mr. FISHERThis matter was fully considered in the House during the Committee stage of the School Teachers (Superannuation) Bill and an Amendment to extend the benefits of the Bill to teachers who had already retired before the commencement of the Act was negatived.