§ Major PRESCOTTasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether, in view of the resentment which exists regarding the refusal to reassess the pensions to pre-war Army pensioners, it can be stated what extra cost would be 269W incurred to reassess all pre-War pensions to post-War rates; whether he will state the extra cost involved to grant a bonus of 3s. per week to each non-reassessed pre-War pensioner, thus making a private's pre-War pension equivalent to an old age pension; and whether he will give the cost to the State of reassessing all pre-War pensions not reassessed of those over 60 years of age?
§ Sir A. WILLIAMSONI would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the reply given on the 11th March by the Prime Minister, in which he stated that the Government have appointed a Cabinet Committee to consider the question of possibly meeting cases of exceptional hardship.