HC Deb 22 March 1949 vol 463 c197
36. Sir Waldron Smithers

asked the Secretary of State for War if he has considered the correspondence, details of which have been sent to him, concerning the conditions of the Royal Army Service Corps, Fleet Administrative Unit; and if he is now in a position to make a statement.

Mr. Shinwell

In accordance with instructions recently given, officers of the R.A.S.C. Fleet will be placed on new and improved scales of pay with effect from the pay day nearest to 1st April, 1949. This is an interim arrangement which is without prejudice to further negotiations. As stated in a reply to a Question by the hon. Member for North Cumberland (Mr. W. Roberts) on 7th December, 1948, advance payments have already been made on account of arrears of pay which will eventually become due when a final settlement, with a suitable antedate, has been reached.

Sir W. Smithers

Does the Secretary of State for War wonder that recruiting is slack, when there is such uncertainty about the future of these officers?

Mr. Shinwell

This has nothing to do with recruiting at all.

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