§ DR. THOMPSON (Monaghan, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India if he is aware that the Government of India refuse to allow officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps the same pay and allowances as are granted to the officers of other branches of the Army of the same rank; whether this refusal is delaying the issue of the new Royal Warrant for reform of the Royal Army Medical Department; and whether he will use his influence with the Indian Government to remedy the grievance, which in the past has injured the interests of the Royal Army Medical Corps.
§ *THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord G. HAMILTON, Middlesex, Ealing)No proposal has been refused by the Government of India, nor made to them, to assimilate the pay and allowances of the Royal Army Medical Corps to those of any other branch of the Army. The pay of officers of the Corps serving in India was increased somewhat in 1897, and compares favourably with that of most other branches of the Service. Various questions relating to the organisation of the Corps are engaging the attention of the Government of India, and I hope shortly to receive and consider their recommendations on the subject.