§ Mr. Parkerasked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the fact that many men serving with anti-aircraft units or balloon barrage units in this country are stationed far from their 831W homes, they can be treated in the same way as men serving abroad in respect of free vouchers for leave home?
§ Captain WallaceI am informed by my right hon. Friends the Secretary of State for War and the Secretary of State for Air that men serving with these units in this country will be given free railway warrants for travelling on leave twice a year.
§ Mr. Parkerasked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the fact that even the return journey for single fare concession to men serving in His Majesty's Forces for travelling home on leave from stations in this country involves frequently an expenditure of £2 or £3, he will consider placing a fairly low maximum on fares which men in this position will have to pay for their fares home on leave?
§ Captain WallaceThe railway companies cannot see their way to making, at the expense of railway revenue, the extension which the hon. Member suggests in the leave fare concession already given to men serving in His Majesty's Forces in this country, and I do not feel that there would be any justification for requiring them to do so. I would remind the hon. Member that these men will be given at the expense of the Departments concerned, free railway warrants for travelling on leave twice a year.