§ 3. Sir R. NEWMANasked the Secretary of State for India whether officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps serving in India receive pay in pounds sterling at the new rate of exchange of 1s. 8d. to the rupee; and whether the result of this is seriously to reduce their effective pay as measured by the purchasing power of the rupee in India?
§ Mr. MONTAGUAssuming that the hon. Member refers to temporary officers, the fact is at present as stated in the former part of the question, but I am in correspondence with the Army Council on the subject.