§ Sir R. Keyesasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether naval pensioners and reservists who joined the Reserve Fleet Supplementary Party under a short engagement are now eligible to be paid the full rates of naval pay and allowances as their conditions of service are now the same as all other general service naval ratings and they are required to serve wherever they may be required in His Majesty's ships and vessels and the Reserve Fleet no longer exists as such?
Captain HudsonReservists who joined the Reserve Fleet Supplementary Party ceased to be members of the Royal Fleet Reserve; they are being retained in accordance with the terms of their engagements and receive the normal pay and allowances of the rating in which they are employed. Pensioners of the Reserve Fleet Supplementary Party have, in accordance with the terms of their engagements, been granted the pay and allowances to which they would have been entitled if mobilised. Orders were issued early in August, 1939, giving the men the opportunity of transferring to improved conditions of service in the Royal Naval Supplementary Party. The outbreak of war prevented the transfer of some of the men who applied for it, but orders have recently been issued to enable these men to be transferred now.