MR. T. THOMSONasked the Undersecretary of State to the Air Ministry whether he is aware that the regulations governing the issue of lodging and fuel allowances to married officers are not the same in the Air Force as in the Army, and that in the former case a married officer under the rank of major who was under thirty years of age when the present regulations came into force is treated less favourably than an officer serving under similar conditions in the Army; and, if so, is he prepared to reconsider the matter with a view to putting officers of both branches of the Service on the same footing?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe scheme of emoluments for the Royal Air Force must be taken as a whole, and a comparison of particular items with particular items in the arrangements of other Services is misleading. There are, however, points of difference in the system of allowances which are now being considered, one of these being the question whether all officers married at the date of the Order may draw lodging allowance irrespective of age.