§ MR. CLAUDE HAY (Shoreditch, Hoxton)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state why, having regard 1200 to the fact that quartermaster-sergeants and squadron sergeant-majors of the Territorial Yeomanry are to receive the same rate of pay, wives of the latter are to receive a lower rate of separation allowance than wives of the former.
§ MR. HALDANEThe arrangements for the Territorial Force follow those for the Regular Army where the regimental quartermaster-sergeant and the squadron sergeant-major draw the same rate of pay but different separation allowance. The quartermaster sergeant ranks a class above the squadron sergeant-major in accordance with paragraph 282 of the King's Regulations.
§ MR. CLAUDE HAYWill the right hon. Gentleman reconsider the matter?
§ MR. HALDANEI see no reason to alter what is laid down in the King's Regulations.
§ EARL WINTERTON (Sussex, Horsham)Are the King's Regulations necessarily to be followed in all cases?
§ [The Answer was inaudible.]