Mr. KENNEDY JONESasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware of the feeling of dissatisfaction existing among the temporary Civil assistants of the Ordnance Survey on account of the Treasury Regulations which, by deducting the first seven and a half years of their 49W service, prevent them earning their full pension, although deductions are made from their pay to provide a fund for the purpose; and if he will amend the Regulations in order that the men may be able to gain the full pension for which they pay?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe arrangements with regard to the calculation of the pensions of the Civil assistants in the Ordnance Survey have recently been very carefully considered, but I am not prepared to agree to any modification of the existing system, which was set up in 1906 and was accepted by the men and their representatives at the time as a satisfactory settlement.