§ 11. Mr. BYRNEasked the Secretary of State for War whether the sum of 10s. 6d. per week is the amount agreed upon to pay a disabled soldier who has lost a leg in the War; and, if so, will the Government consider the advisability of increasing the amount for such disablements?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe rate for a soldier whose leg has been amputated below the knee is 10s. 6d. For more severe amputations the higher rates are given.
§ Mr. FORSTERIt was carefully considered by the Select Committee.
§ 53. Mr. KINGasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been drawn to the difference in the rates of allowances in respect of every child after the third, which shows that to married soldiers 2s. a week are allowed in respect of each child dependant, while to seamen and men of the Royal Naval Division only 1s. is allowed for each such child; and whether the Treasury will allow an equalising of these divergent rates in separation allowances?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. McKinnon Wood)The separation allowances of seamen were 1483 fixed at a somewhat lower rate than those of privates in the Army, because the higher pay of seamen enables them to make larger allotments?
§ Mr. KINGIf these two sets of men are serving together, why cannot you consider these differences with a view to equalising them?