§ Mr. N. Bowerasked the President of the Board of Education whether, in view of the urgent need for more teachers, and in order to encourage those who have returned to the profession after having previously retired to remain in the service as long as possible after the war, he will consider reducing the qualifying period of 30 years which is normally required for the grant of superannuation allowances under the Teachers (Superannuation) Act; 1925.
§ Mr. ButlerTeachers who, having retired, have returned to service during the war have in general already completed the period of service qualifying them for pension. The general question of reducing the normal 30 years qualifying period, which may be reduced to 20 years in certain cases of married women, was fully considered in 1925. Insufficient reason was found for any reduction, except in the case of teachers entering the 1919W profession late in life, for whom the qualifying period was reduced to two-thirds of the time between their entry and their 65th birthday, with a minimum of 10 years.