§ Colonel PENRY WILLIAMSasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether the War Office is under a promise to allow the wives and families of warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of His Majesty's Army to accompany them when sent to Colonial stations in the East, or to send such wives and families out to their husbands on other vessels; if so, why this promise has not for a considerable time past been fulfilled by the War Office; and whether, even 2399W during the present war conditions, the wives and families of French soldiers proceeding to the French Far East are still allowed to accompany their husbands?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONNormally wives and families of warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the Army are entitled to conveyance abroad under certain conditions which are laid down in the Allowance Regulations. During the War, however, it has become necessary to impose restrictions on such travel and only in very exceptional cases can facilities be granted. I regret I have no official information as to the last part of the question.