§ Mr. BRODIEasked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to cases in which officers and non-commissioned officers entitled to free quarters have been required to pay rates and taxes in connection with the dwellings they occupy; and whether he will take steps to relieve them of this charge?
§ Mr. HALDANEMy hon. Friend is apparently alluding to the officers and noncommissioned officers on the lodging list who are liable to payments for income tax, inhabited house duty, and rates. Questions of exemption from such payments do not come within the sphere of the War Department.