§ Mr. HAYESasked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the fact that J. Bennett, late of Pentonville prison staff, was permanently re-appointed to the service under the authority of a letter from the governor of the prison, dated 3rd January, 1918, his pension can now be re-assessed under the provisions of the 2374W Superannuation (Prison Officers) Act, 1919, Sections 1 and 2; and is he aware that the Lord Chief Justice, in the High Court on 2nd November, 1921, ruled that ex-Police-constable Green, who served only a few hours on 1st April, 1919, was entitled to have his pension re-assessed and calculated on the higher scale of pay brought into force on that date?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONThe whole of the facts were placed before the Treasury, who decided that the further service from 14th January, 1918, to 30th June, 1920, could not be regarded as pensionable.