§ Mr. A. GREENasked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the national responsibility to make a sufficient monetary grant to men of all grades whose education and business training have been interfered with by their service in His Majesty's Forces, he will, in order that they may have a fair and equitable opportunity of re-establishing themselves in civil life, give instructions that in assessing such claims the income of a man's wife, which has no connection with what a man may have lost himself, should no longer be taken into consideration in assessing and making the necessary equitable grants?
§ Sir R. HORNEI assume that the hon. Member refers to the training scheme administered by the Appointments Department of this Ministry of Labour. On this assumption, I must remind him that if a married candidate for a training grant is without independent means, he may be entitled to an additional £'25 per annum in respect of his wife; and I do not consider it inequitable, in the circumstances, that, when the candidate's wife is able to contribute towards the cost of training, her means should be taken into account.