SCOTLAND (RATING AND VALUATION) (Hansard, 27 February 1945)

§ Mr. N. Maclean

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is now in a position to make a statement with regard to the publication of the Second Report of the Committee which has been inquiring into rating and valuation questions in Scotland.

ROYAL NAVY, ARMY, ROYAL AIR FORCE.
Present System.	Amendments.
VICTORIA CROSS Recipients below Commissioned rank and in the Navy below Warrant rank.
£10 annuity in R.N. and R.M. awarded concurrently with the award of the decoration. In Army and R.A.F. as in R.N. but plus 6d. a day (£9 2s. a year) addition to pension.	Increase	£10 annuity awarded concurrently with the award of the decoration plus 6d. a day (£9 2s. a year) addition to pension in the three Services.
Annuity (together with any other pension from public funds) increased to (£75 a year in all cases of need due to age or infirmity. (Extends also to Commissioned ranks.)	No change
For each Bar an additional annuity of £5 (no daily addition to pension).	No change
	New payment	Balance of £50 if that amount has not been paid during lifetime will be credited to estate of recipient of V.C.
		The full amount of £50 will be credited when an award is made posthumously.
DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL
An addition of 6d. a day (£9 2s. a year) to pension, or a gratuity of £20 on discharge without pension, transfer to reserve or appointment to a Commission.	No change
For each Bar an additional gratuity of £20.	No change
	New payment	Naval recipients of the D.C.M. will be eligible for the benefits on the authorised scale.
Royal Marine recipients are eligible for the benefits shown above with the exception of the gratuity attached to the award of each Bar.	No change
	New payment	Royal Marine recipients will be eligible for the additional gratuity of £20 for each Bar.

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