§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty seeing that warrant officers are now obliged to retire at the age of 50, instead of at 55, and that the justification for this breach of contract, made under Article 1,915, King's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions, which specifically states that they will be pensioned at 55 years of age, is that certain officers of all classes were compulsorily retired in 1922, whether he will consider reviewing the position of warrant officers who, as a result of the amendment of this article, will suffer in pay and pension rights, particularly as those officers who were compulsorily retired in 1922 were granted a lump sum as compensation, and seniority in addition, whereas the warrant officers in question will receive no compensation unless the Admiralty can see its way to treat them more generously?
Mr. DAVIDSONI regret that I have nothing to add to the reply given to the hon. and gallant Member on the 7th July.