HC Deb 24 November 1919 vol 121 cc1469-70W
Sir B. FALLE

asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if any action has been taken, or is to be taken, to increase the pre-war pensions of pensioned officers in the Malay States Government service; and if he is aware that the Ceylon Government have recently granted a bonus to their pensioned officers and made the same retrospective?

Lieut.-Colonel AMERY

Proposals have been received from the High Commissioner for the Malay States which are now under the. consideration of the Secretary of State. In the case of Ceylon a bonus has been granted as from the 1st January last, in the shape of a percentage on pensions, ranging from 33 per cent, in the case of very small pensions down to 5 per cent, in the case of pensions not exceeding £800. This bonus has been approved only as a temporary measure, pending the Report of a Commission which the Governor proposes to appoint when conditions have become more stable.

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