§ Mr. SNOWDENasked the Secretary for War if he is aware that, owing to the deduction of the service pay of 7d. a day from the pay of an Artillery clerk re-enlisting, cases may arise where a sergeant-major, warrant officer, is receiving less pay than non-commissioned officers of lower rank, and that a corporal may be receiving higher pay than a sergeant; will he say on what grounds this practice is justified; and will he state why the Artillery clerks' section is in this matter treated differently from other branches of the Service?
§ Mr. HALDANECases alluded to in the first part of the question may arise for the reasons which I have fully explained in replies to previous questions put by the hon. Member and other hon. Members. This anomaly is not confined to Artillery clerks, but exists in other branches of the Service.