24. Mr. LAWasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether, having regard to the number of men who have received permanent commissions since the outbreak of War in regiments in which the standard of pre-war expenditure was exceptionally high, and in order to ensure that in the future opportunities of service in His Majesty's Army shall not be limited by pecuniary considerations, any steps are being taken to reduce the pre-war scale of officers' expenses?
§ Mr. FORSTERI can at present add nothing to my reply of 6th August on this subject.