§ Lord CHARLES BERESFORDI beg to aske the Under-Secretary of State for War a question, of which I have given private notice: Whether he is aware that an order has been issued that soldiers' wives who married after 14th August, 1914, will receive no separation allowance from the Government; whether he is aware that every facility has lately been given for soldiers to marry; and whether he can see his way to rescind the order that the wives of soldiers married after 11th August, 1914, shall receive no separation allowance from the Government?
Mr. BAKERThis order was given after very full consideration, and there is no intention of altering the decision.