§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air on what grounds a reduction has been made in the Colonial allowance for officers and men serving in the Sudan; and whether the cost of living in the Sudan and comparative figures for Egypt, Iraq, Aden, etc., were taken into consideration before this decision was reached?
§ Mr. MONTAGUEThe rates, which are subject to periodical revision, were reduced on the basis of a comparison of the cost-of-living in the Sudan with the cost-of-living in this country.