HC Deb 01 May 1911 vol 25 c30
Sir CLEMENT KINLOCH - COOKE

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware of the disability under which a Royal Marine suffers in the matter of reduced railway fares; that he is unable to get a reduced fare on production of a, pass available for six days, whereas any man in the Navy who wants leave for forty-eight hours can obtain a liberty ticket, on production of which at any railway station he is only called upon to pay half the ordinary fare; and whether he will consider the advisability of placing the Marine and the able seaman on an equality in this respect?

Mr. McKENNA

To enable me to reply to the hon. Member it has been found necessary to communicate with the War Office, and I must, therefore, ask him to be good enough to postpone his question for a week.