HC Deb 07 June 1880 vol 252 cc1335-6
MR. GORST

asked the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether the Admiralty will raise the pay and pensions of the privates and non-commissioned officers of the Royal Marines, so as to place them on an equality with the Army?

MR. SHAW LEFEVRE

, in reply, said, there was no present intention of raising the pay of the Royal Marines, and that he believed the pension in the Marines was the same as that in the Army.