§ Mr. PERKINSasked the Secretary of State for War whether he has considered the position of medical men now serving in the Army as combatant officers; whether he is aware that the pay of medical officers is about three times the sum paid to medical men who are serving as combatant officers; that medical men serve in the Royal Army Medical Corps for a year only, while those who entered as combatants have served for more than two years in a vocation which is entirely foreign to their profession; and whether he will arrange for the release of such medical men if they so desire?
§ Mr. FORSTERQualified medical men serving as combatant officers in the Territorial Force have been given an opportunity of serving in the Royal Army Medical Corps. If my hon. Friend has any case of hardship before him, and will let me have the particulars, I shall be pleased to make inquiries.