§ 7. Miss Eleanor Rathboneasked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will make a full statement showing the position of a separated wife regarding her claim to a separation allowance for herself and the children of an airman in her charge, distinguishing between cases where the wife has received an allowance from the airman before his enlistment under a main- 146 tenance order or a judicial separation or by informal agreement, or is entitled to such an allowance under maintenance order or judicial separation, and has made reasonable efforts to secure its payment without success, and, further, showing how the claim will be affected if an allowance is also claimed by a woman living with the airman as his concubine?
§ Major Sir James Edmondson (Vice-Chamberlain of the Household)I have been asked to reply. The provision made for separated wives under Royal Air Force Regulations is the same as that made under Army Regulations. My right hon. Friend would, therefore, refer my hon. Friend to the reply on this subject given yesterday by my right hon. and gallant Friend the Secretary of State for War.