§ Mr. NEEDHAMasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether a temporary lieutenant of the Royal Army Medical Corps who signs on for one year only or duration of the War, if less than one year, receives 24s. per day, whereas a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Territorial Force, or other branches such as the Special Reserve, who have served for some years and have no option of withdrawal until demobilisation, are only paid about 22s. per day; and whether he will consider the possibility of redressing such disparity of pay, especially having in mind the fact that the medical officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps, Territorial Force, have in the vast majority of cases had to give up their private practices?
§ Mr. FORSTERThis question is still under consideration, but I hope to be in a position to announce a decision very shortly.