§ Mr. Nieldasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will make a revision of the Treasury Similar Service rule so that it may operate more generously in favour of old servants of the Post Office.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterNo. This rule, which relates to the reckonability for90W 1945 for the improvement of basic services in each Development Area as authorised by Section 3 of the Distribution of Industry Act, 1945; and what are the estimated grants and loans for 1952–53.
§ Mr. H. Strauss, pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 11th November, 1952; Vol. 507, c. 27], supplied the following information:
superannuation purposes of unestablished service of established civil servants who entered the Civil Service before 27th June, 1935, is operated under the Superannuation Act of 1887. I can see no justification for making more generous an obsolescent rule which is applied only where it is more favourable than the arrangements provided under the Superannuation Acts of 1935. 1946 and 1949.