HC Deb 10 June 1920 vol 130 cc637-8W
Mr. R. MCNEILL

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the widow of a Civil Service pensioner who retired from the Civil Service in 1910 and died in 1919 will derive any benefit from the revised scale of pre-War pensions lately introduced?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

No, Sir.

Mr. BRIANT

asked the President of the Board of Education whether teachers in receipt of breakdown pensions awarded on a pre-War basis will come under the proposed scheme of 50 per cent. increases recently announced?

Mr. FISHER

I would ask the hon. Member to await the terms of the Bill which it is proposed to introduce to give effect to the proposals.

Mr. R. YOUNG

asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he can give an assurance that the Bill to be introduced in connec- tion with the concessions to pre-War pensioners will cover pensioners under the Metropolitan Water Board?

The PRIME MINISTER

The Bill will contain a provision enabling local and public authorities to grant increases of pension similar to those for which State pensioners will be eligible.