§ Viscount WOLMERasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether it is intended to pay sailors' wives the same reparation allowances as soldiers' wives; and, if not, if he will explain the reason for any differentiation?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe reasons for the differentiation are set forth in Command Paper 7619, of which I am sending the Noble Lord a copy. The policy therein decided upon was so far modified in May, 1918, as to secure that in the lower ratings wives and dependants should not receive less by way of separation allowance, allotment, and allotment concession than the wives and dependants of privates in the Army.