§ Rear-Admiral BEAMISHasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware of the great number of claims that have been put forward for increases of pay and pensions, prospective and retrospective, by various societies and associations of civil and other servants of the State: and whether, in view of the financial burdens now existing and the public desire and need for economy, he can see his way to providing a tabulated statement of all such claims and an estimate of the cost to the State if they-should be accepted?
Mr. GUINNESSIt is the case that many claims of the kind mentioned are put forward from time to time; but, while the hon. and gallant Member may rest assured that the considerations to which he refers will be carefully borne in mind, I do not think that it would be practicable to furnish a tabulated statement such as is suggested.