HC Deb 13 May 1925 vol 183 cc1827-8
15. Major HOREBELISHA

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, with reference to his statement that the £350,000 provided in the Navy Estimates in respect to officers' marriage allowance would only be required if the proposals put forward by the Admiralty were eventually accepted by the Government, whether he will say what those proposals were for which £350,000 were required?

Mr. BRIDGEMAN

I regret that I am unable to make a statement of the kind suggested by the hon. Member

Major HOREBELISHA

Does not the right hon. Gentleman think he owes a statement to the House in respect of the money which the House has voted for this particular purpose? Can he not say what are the proposals?

Mr. BRIDGEMAN

The House voted the money after I had made a careful explanation, though I was unable to go into details, because I was awaiting a decision, and I am still in that position

Major HOREBELISHA

But did not the right hon. Gentleman make any calculation on which this £350,000 is based, before he put that figure into the Estimates?