§ 24. Major CARVERasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office what would have been the extra cost involved by permitting the first battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment to have a week's leave on their recent arrival in England en route to Egypt after two years' service in the West Indies; and whether such concessions will be considered on future occasions of a similar nature?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the WAR OFFICE (Mr. A. Duff Cooper)I cannot give exact figures, but the disturbance to the Trooping Programme involved in granting a week's leave in England would have cost several thousand pounds. The unit leaving the West Indies for Egypt does not usually touch English waters, and I am not able to promise that a concession could be made if similar circumstances should recur in the future.