§ 75. Mr. Hoosonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if service in the Palestinian Police is now to be counted as war service for the purpose of police and other pensions, particularly in view of the proclamation made on 27th May 1942 by the High Commissioner for Palestine under Section 51 of the Police Ordinance, proclaiming that the police force should be a military force for the duration of the war.
§ Dr. SummerskillNo. It has been agreed that policemen and firemen may reckon war service for pension to the same extent that civil servants were permitted to do by the Superannuation Act 1946. That Act covered service in the Armed Forces of the Crown, the Merchant Navy and the mercantile marine. The Palestine Police Force was not one of the Armed Forces of the Crown.