§ Mr. HOGGEasked the Under-Secretary of State to the Air Ministry whether deductions for debt can be made from airmen's war service gratuities; and, if so, why the practice is different from that obtaining at the War Office, where no such deductions are made?
§ Major-General SEELYThe Order granting war gratuities to airmen provides that, except in the case of airmen serving on a normal Service engagement, the gratuities shall be held liable to meet any public claim, Service debt, or Service claim.