§ Mr. BRYCEasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether, in view of the scarcity of food and increased cost of living in Germany, as well as of the fall in the value of the Mark, he still adheres to the opinion expressed on 9th November last, in reply to a question by the hon. Member for York, that the pay given to British officer prisoners of war in Germany is sufficient to meet their requirements, 353W that pay being in the case of subalterns only two Marks per day and in the case of higher officers only three and one-third Marks, as compared with four shillings and four shillings and sixpence, respectively given to German prisoners in Great Britain?
§ Mr. FORSTERAs at present advised, I see no reason to modify the answer to which my hon. Friend refers.
§ Mr. BRYCEasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether, considering that the pay given in Great Britain to German officer prisoners of war is, irrespective of the fall in the value of the Mark, in the case of subalterns double of, and in the case of higher officers one-third more than, that given to British officers in Germany, while the cost of living is much higher there, he will now reconsider the question of the reduction of the rates of pay in Great Britain, in view of the fact that the negotiations mentioned in his reply to the hon. Member for York on 9th November last have apparently failed?
§ Mr. FORSTERIt is not proposed to disturb existing arrangements.