§ 4. Squadron-Leader Sir Gifford Foxasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will reconsider the regulations under which prisoners of war are obliged to relinquish, after arrival in this country, the rank which they held throughout the war as prisoners of war; and whether, in view of the fact that there was no possibility of their obtaining substantive rank during the period they were prisoners of war, arrangements can be made to apply special conditions.
§ Mr. LawsonPrisoners of war were by a special concession allowed to retain then-acting and temporary ranks while in captivity and continued to receive the pay of their paid acting or temporary rank for 61 days after repatriation. When they cease to be prisoners of war they must be subject to the normal wartime promotion rules like any other officer or soldier. In the case of Regular officers time spent as a prisoner of war counted towards substantive time promotion and those who 952 were passed over for substantive promotion while prisoners are now being reconsidered.