§ Viscount Castlereaghasked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the existing heavy scale of taxation and as the reduction in officer's kit allowance from £40 to £30 is an unfair burden, he will reconsider the matter?
§ Mr. Hore-BelishaThe reduction from £40 to £30 is in respect of the substitution of a suit of battle dress for one of the two suits of service dress previously required, and the necessary uniform can, in fact, be bought for less than £30. Officers who still need two suits of service dress still receive £40.