§ MR. ASHLEYI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether military pay, which is given during the annual training in camp, will be withheld from any Civil servants who are members of the Territorial Army.
§ MR. HALDANEA Civil servant attending a training camp will draw a sum equal to the amount of his civil pay unless any expense is incurred on his behalf by his Department in providing for his duties during his absence. In this case he will draw both Civil and military pay, but he will only be allowed to draw them both during the period that this expense is incurred.
§ VISCOUNT HELMSLEYIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that a Civil servant is required to provide a substitute when from duty, and it often costs not only all his Civil pay but part of his military pay in addition?
§ MR. HALDANEThat is a Post Office Question which, I believe, is under consideration.