§ Lord CHARLES BERESFORDasked whether the Admiralty are yet in a position to reply to his letter to them of the 12th January, 1911, as to the granting of a free kit and free annual issue of clothing to petty officers and men of the Royal Navy, as is the case with all ranks in the Army?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe subject of the Noble Lord's letter is receiving careful consideration. I would point out that the whole conditions relating to pay and allowances are so widely different in the Navy and Army that no such parallel as that attempted in the Noble Lord's question can properly be drawn.
§ Lord C. BERESFORDIs it not a fact that all grades in the Army have a superior grade to that in the Navy, and that they also get the allowance to which I have called attention?
§ Mr. McKENNANo, Sir. I think if the Noble Lord addressed the same question to the Secretary of State for War he would get an emphatic negative as the answer.