§ Lieut.-Colonel ACLAND - TROYTEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the disadvantages under which married officers of the Navy are placed as compared with married officers of the other Services, and the hardships caused thereby, he will reconsider his decision not to grant marriage allowances before he prepares his Estimates for the coming year?
Mr. DAVIDSONThe decision to which my hon. and gallant Friend alludes is a. decision of the Government, and I can only refer him to the answer given by the Prime Minister to the hon. Member for Devonport (Mr. Hore-Belisha) on the 16th November, 1925 (OFFICIAL REPORT, column 17).