§ Lieut.-Colonel MOORE-BRABAZONasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, whereas a police constable at Chatham Dockyard leaves after 26 years' service" with a pension of £3 3s. a week, assistant draughtsmen, whose work is of a highly technical character, for which they have had to qualify by passing an examination and serving an apprenticeship, serve 39 years for a pension of £1 5s., towards which they have had to contribute 2s. a week, and whether any action in the matter is being taken or contemplated in the near future?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe pensions of assistant draughtsmen borne on the established list are assessed in the same manner as the pensions of other civil servants, in accordance with the Superannuation Acts. There is no proposal before us to deal with this class on any different basis.