§ Mr. JOYNSON-HICKSasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the difference in the price of rent and other commodities between the London area and the districts like Brentford, Hounslow, and Twickenham immediately outside that area have, during the War, entirely disappeared; and, if so, whether the Army Council will consider the question of extending the 3s. 6d. per week London area benefit, at least to the Metropolitan police district?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe supplementary rent allowances issued by local war pensions committees take account of the difference in the War Office grants, and it is not proposed to alter in any way the area of the present London allowance.