Lieut.-Commander Clark Hutchison:

asked the Minister of Pensions whether, in view of the increase in the cost of living, he will now consider increasing the rate of the alternative pension paid under the Royal Warrants governing awards in respect of service in the 1914–18 war.

These special pensions are paid at varying rates and are always in excess of the standard rate appropriate to the individual case. In the circumstances, I see no ground for increasing them.