§ SIR SEYMOUR KING (Hull, Central)To ask the Secretary of State for India whether representations have been made to the 715 Indian Government and the Commander-in-Chief in India to the effect that riding-masters and quartermasters of the British services doing duty in India receive less pay and allowances than they would be entitled to receive if serving at home, and moreover that, while all British service officers doing duty in India receive an increase of pay while so employed, no such increase is given to riding-masters and quartermasters; and whether he will examine into and redress any difference which may exist in the pay of those ranks.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) No official recommendation has been made to me on the subject of the Indian pay and allowances of riding-masters and quartermasters of the British service doing duty in India, but I will see that the attention of the Government of India is drawn to the matter.