§ Mr. FALLEI beg to ask the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if, if he cannot grant separation allowance to the wives and families of all Royal Navy ratings and Reservists, he can grant that allowance to the wives and families of all Royal Navy and Reservist A.B.'s and stokers?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAAs I said yesterday, I fully appreciate and sympathise with the spirit which has inspired the hon. Gentleman's questions upon this point, but I am afraid I cannot add anything to the general answer I gave the hon. Gentleman yesterday as to the payment of separation allowances to the seamen's wives, except to say that his present suggestion to grant the payments to the wives of certain ratings only is one in which I cannot concur.