23 and 24. Lieut. - Colonel ACLANDTROYTEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty (1) whether he is aware that, awing to the nature of the service, married officers of the Navy have to live apart from their wives for very much longer 2012 periods than married officers of the Army and Air Force, and that this adds very considerably to their expenses; and whether he will consider the grant of some form of separation allowance to naval officers to help them to pay these extra expenses;
(2) whether he is aware that married officers of the Army either receive lodging allowances or married quarters and that married officers in the Navy, with a few exceptions, do not receive these privileges; whether he is aware that the pay of naval officers not on the lodging list compares unfavourably with that of Army officers who are on the lodging list; and whether be has any suggestions to make for bringing the pay and allowances of married naval officers up to the same standard as that of their brother officers in the Army?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI regret that I have nothing to add to the reply furnished on the 15th March to a question by my hon. and gallant Friend of a similar nature (OFFICIAL REPORT, cols. 36–37).
§ 30. Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he has further considered the possibility of giving children's allowances to married officers in the Royal Navy?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI would refer the hon. and gallant Member to my reply of the 8th March last (OFFICIAL REPORT, Col. 1959).