HC Deb 23 July 1946 vol 425 cc337-8W
126. Lieut.-Colonel Corbett

asked the Secretary of State for War why officers can only count service after the age of 21 towards pension and not the whole of their service after being commissioned.

Mr. Lawson

I explained the reason far this rule in reply to a Question by the hon. Member for Banbury (Mr. Dodds-Parker), on 4th June.

127. Lieut.-Colonel Corbett

asked the Secretary of State for War why other ranks who became Regulars cannot count their war service towards pension.

Mr. Lawson

This is not so. I would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the reply given to the hon. and gallant Member for North Blackpool (Brigadier Low), on 28th May.