§ Major MORGANasked the President of the Board of Education whether soldier teachers who have been discharged or demobilised from the Army are required to undergo medical examination for the purposes of the Teachers' Superannuation Act, 1918; whether a fee is paid for such examination; what classes or grades of men are examined; how many have failed to qualify for pensions under the Act; and whether it is proposed that ex-service teachers shall be admitted to benefits under the Act in the same manner and under the same conditions as those teachers who did not serve in the Army?
§ Mr. FISHERI would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the answer which I gave to the hon. Member for Cardiff on the 18th February.
§ Major MORGANasked the President of the Board of Education whether the Board is prepared to take the necessary steps to ensure that those teachers whose periods of training were interrupted owing to their military service shall not suffer financial loss on the scales of salary?
§ Mr. FISHERThe hon. and gallant Member will realise that the matter is one for the consideration of the local education authorities who employ the teachers.
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§ Major MORGANasked the President of the Board of Education whether the Board is prepared to date the certificate of a qualified ex-service teacher whose period of training was interrupted by his military service as from the date he would have become qualified had not the said military service intervened in his course of studies?
§ Mr. FISHERI would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the answer which I gave on the 17th instant to the hon. Member for Cardiff East.