HC Deb 25 November 1952 vol 508 c253
40. Brigadier Clarke

asked the Secretary of State for War if he will ensure that the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes do not raise the price of cups of tea to Service men on active service, in view of the fact that labour, fuel, light and other overheads should be cheap in Korea and Malaya.

Mr. Head

The Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes' operating costs in these distant theatres are not low. A cup of tea in Korea will cost 2d. and, I am informed, costs 4d. at a railway station in this country.

Brigadier Clarke

Does my right hon. Friend realise that I am not interested in the cost of tea in railway stations? These men are fighting for us, and I think everything should be done to give them their tea as cheaply as possible?