Mr. ROBINSONasked the Secretary of State for War the number of other ranks in the Army who are married but whose wives do not receive the marriage allowance; and if he will consider the desirability of making the marriage allowance payable to married men aged 21 or over?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSI regret that I have not the information asked for in the first part of the question. As regards the second part, the age limit for the issue of marriage allowance was fixed after full consideration, and I can hold out no hope that it will be reduced as suggested by the hon. Member.