§ Q10. Mr. Hugh Fraserasked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the abandonment of the principle of Grigg and of the paramountcy of comparability in the payment of the Armed Forces and higher civil servants, he will now review all Government advertising, announcements and instructions to recruiting officers, with a view to amending or cancelling those which have become misleading.
§ Mr. George BrownI have been asked to reply.
No, Sir. As I made clear in my statement to the House on 25th November, the Government has not abandoned the principle of the Grigg reviews or the principle of comparability.
§ Mr. FraserCan the right hon. Gentleman give an assurance that it has not been abandoned? Clearly it has because the matter is going to the Incomes Board. That is how it is regarded by people serving in the Armed Forces.
§ Mr. BrownThis is an argument which the right hon. Gentleman and I have had before. He thinks that it has and I say that it has not been abandoned. On the whole, the evidence is with me. I suggest that the right hon. Gentleman now awaits the outcome of the review and gives up trying to spread alarm and despondency in the meantime.