§ 73. Mr. BARNESasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if he can give any undertaking to increase the allowances 185 in respect to food, lodging, fuel, etc, to soldiers living at home, having regard to increased cost of living and increased separation allowances, and also to the fact that the duties of such soldiers in many cases are a considerable distance from their homes and involve time and expense to them?
§ 76. Sir J. D. REESasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether married men who enlist and are billeted in their own houses will be placed in respect of separation allowance upon the same footing as such men billeted elsewhere than at home; and whether under the present system of allowing no separation allowance in the former case greater expense is in fact incurred by the State?
Mr. BAKERThe whole subject is at present under consideration, and I hope to be able to announce a decision very shortly.