§ Sir T. BRAMSDONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he is aware that, when the pay of the men of the lower deck of the Navy was increased on account of the recommendations of the Jerram Committee in 1919, it was definitely decided that the substantive pay of the lower-deck ratings should not 622W be reduced to a lower figure than the awards but that increases or decreases of allowances were to be regulated by the raising or lowering of such emoluments as marriage allowance, clothing allowance, victualling and messing allowances according as the cost of living varied; and will he inquire into this question?
§ Mr. AMMONIt is the intention that ratings now serving shall continue to receive substantive pay at the Jerram Committee rates during the whole period of their continuous service. With regard to the second part of the question, the allowances mentioned vary according to fluctuations in the cost of living and current prices of commodities.