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STABILISATION

OF WAR PENSIONS.

(Previous

Reference: Cabinet 36 (28). Con- olusion 4.)

3. The Cabinet again considered the question of the Stabilisation of War Pensions, and had before ther the Memorandum by the Minister of Pensions (Paper C.P.-208 (28)) which had been before them at their previous Meeting, together with the Report of a Departmental Committee (Paper C.P.-236 (28)) regarding the possible effect of the stabilisation of War Pensions upon post-War pensions in the Fighting Services. general conclusion of the Inter-Departmental Conference was that the stabilisation of War Pensions should not in any event entail any additional expenditure on the part of the Service

Departments.

The

The Secretary of State for War, while not offering any opposition to the proposals of the Minister of Pensions, warned the Cabinet that difficulties might arise owing to the fact that ex Army Officers were being treated differently from the men, insomuch as the pension of the former varied in accordance with the cost of living, though this did not apply tothe rank and

file.

The Cabinet agreed

To approve the proposals of the Minister of Fensions set forth in Paper C.P.-208 (28) for a permanent stabilisation of the present rates of pension and other allowances and grants so far as they are expressed to be dependent on the cost of living, accompanied by certain conditions to safeguard our future liabilities.

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