§ MR. GRETTON (Rutland)To ask the Postmaster General, if he will allow their wages to employees in the Post Office in the Territorial Forces during the period such employees may have to attend military schools of instruction, as the rate of pay at such schools is now reduced from 4s. per diem to 2s., out of which messing has to be paid, and, in the case of employees on the salaried staff, their salaries are not stopped.
(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) The rule is that members of the Territorial Forces employed in the Post Office attending military schools of instruction are granted special leave without pay, provided no expense or inconvenience to the Post Office is involved and from the Post Office Point of view there appears to be no reason for altering this rule. It applies to all classes of Post Office servants.