§ MR. SKEWES-COX (Surrey, Kingston)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, with reference to the position of civil servants enrolled as Volunteers, in the event of the mobilisation of that force would such civil servants receive soldiers' rates of pay in accordance with their respective ranks in the force; would they receive, in addition, any portion of their salaries as civil servants; would any grant or assistance of any kind be given to their wives and families; would their appointments in the Civil Service be kept open for them until their return to civil life; and, in the event of being incapacitated for further service through sickness or wounds whilst serving in a military capacity, would a Civil Service pension be allowed?
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. R. W. HANBURY,) PrestonThe points raised in the Question have not yet been decided, but, of course, the subject will not be lost sight of.