HC Deb 17 June 1918 vol 107 cc53-4W
Major DAVIES

asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office what steps the War Office propose to take to compel an officer who refuses to contribute out of his pay and allowances anything towards the maintenance of his wife and children; and is it to be understood that the maintenance of the family of an officer who declines to carry out his obligations in this respect is to become chargeable to the Poor Rate?

Mr. FORSTER

The War Office has no legal powers of the kind suggested, and I have no reason to think it necessary that it should seek to take such powers. The suggestion in the second part of the question is a hypothetical possibility.