HC Deb 30 July 1946 vol 426 c143W
102. Mr. Hare

asked the Secretary of State for War why His Majesty's Government are not prepared to provide a free passage home to Regular soldiers serving in Palestine who are now entitled to their 28 days' end of war leave.

Mr. Lawson

The instructions regarding the grant of Special End of War Leave for Regular officers and men provide that the grant of this leave carries no special entitlement to free travel, the intention being that the leave should normally be added to other forms of leave of Regular personnel, whether taken locally overseas or in the United Kingdom. In this respect Regular soldiers serving in Palestine are receiving the same treatment as other Regular personnel at stations abroad.