§ 16. Lieut.-Commander AGNEWasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he has considered granting marriage allowance to young married men of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and increasing the annual bounties granted to men of that Reserve, having regard to the concessions which are to be made to the Territorial Army?
Lord STANLEYI am glad to be able to announce that, as from 1st April, marriage allowance is payable to all married men of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve of the age of 21 or over. The bounty has also been increased on the lines recently approved for the Territorial Army.
§ Lieut.-Commander AGNEWIs my hon. Friend aware that this concession is likely to be very greatly appreciated by the men of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve?