HC Deb 10 March 1920 vol 126 cc1250-1
80. Major Earl WINTERTON

asked the Secretary of State for War whether the pay and allowances to married officers of the British Army in India correspond, allowing for the difference in the cost of living, to the increased pay and allowances given to married officers of the British Army serving in Home stations?

Mr. FISHER

The present rates of pay for officers of the British Army in India, which are provisional only, are the same for single and for married officers. But the Government of India have undertaken to consider the question of giving different rates to married and single officers when a permanent scale of pay is fixed.

Earl W1NTERTON

Will the right hon. Gentleman answer the point in the question as to whether the pay and allowances to married officers correspond to the increased pay and allowances to married officers serving in this country?

Mr. FISHER

I rather think they do, but I will look into it.

Earl WINTERTON

That is the point of my question.

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