§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSasked the President of the Board of Education (1) whether, under existing conditions, every teacher must have taught for at least 10 years in grant-earning schools before he, or she, can be entitled to a pension;
(2) whether, in the event of the teachers' pension scheme being put on a contributory basis, the Clause making 10 years' pensionable service in a grant-aided school an essential qualification would be modified or, if not, what steps would be taken to remedy the hardship of levying a tax of 5 per cent. upon the salaries of teachers who, for any cause, would be unable to complete the necessary years of pensionable and qualifying service?
§ Mr. FISHERThe School Teachers (Superannuation) Act, 1918, requires that, in order to obtain a pension, a teacher must have served for 10 years in recognised service, as defined in Section 18 of the Act. Provision is made in Clause 2 of the Bill now before Parliament for the repayment of contributions to teachers who fail to qualify for a pension under the principal Act.