HC Deb 30 March 1920 vol 127 c1055
14. Mr. DUNCAN GRAHAM

asked the Secretary of State for War the reason why the War Office confiscates the property of dead soldiers by refusing to hand over their pay-books to their next of kin; whether there is any discrimination in this respect between commissioned officers and non-commissioned officers and men; and, if so, why there should be such discrimination?

Sir A. WILLIAMSON

Commissioned officers do not use pay books. As regards soldiers' pay books, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply to his question of the 18th March, 1919.