25 FEBRUARY 1922, Page 3

On Wednesday, when the -House resumed' the debate on Civil

servants' pensions, members were still angry-and-suspicious; because they felt that the officials had taken an unfair advantage of the temporary War bonus. Mr. Hilton' Young had to make it clear that from that day all new pensions calculated on the basis of salary together with bonus would be reassessed periodically in relation to the cost of 'living. Colonel Ward pointed out with truth that soldiers' and sailors' pensions were fixed on a basis of only 20 per cent. above the pm-War level, and, even then, were to be rethiced when prices fell. Most Members agreed with him that well-paid Civil. servante, when pensioned, ought not to enjoy special favours that were denied to the men who fought.