§ Mr. W. J. Brownasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the locally entered staffs of the War Department in Jerusalem suffer hardship because increases of pay have been related to an official cost-of-living figure which ignores the difficulty of purchasing necessities at the prices upon which the figure is based, owing to black market operations; that it has now been decided to cease the issue of these monthly bulletins of price statistics on security grounds; and whether he will cause negotiations to be opened immediately between his representatives in Jerusalem and those of the staff associations with a view to increases of remuneration sufficient to meet the situation.
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§ Sir J. GriggNo representations in connection with the inadequacy of the present cost-of-living bonus have so far been received, but I am making enquiries to ascertain the position.