HC Deb 22 August 1940 vol 364 cc1490-1W
Mr. R. C. Morrison

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will inquire into the case of 30235 Volunteer Miriam Smidt, 1st Aldershot Auxiliary Territorial Service, 168 O.C.T.U., Ramillies Barracks, Aldershot, who has had the whole of her pay stopped, also her mother's allowance, to make good a debt of £8 over-payment; and, in view of the hardship caused to her widowed mother, will he have the over-payment reconsidered?

Mr. Eden

I am making inquiries into this case, and will communicate with my hon. Friend as soon as I have the necessary information.

Rear-Admiral Beamish

asked the Secretary of State for War whether there is any intention of enlisting members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service instead of the present system of enrolment; if he is aware that difficulties have arisen in providing from public funds the cost of dentures for members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service in consequence of the fact that they are enrolled and not enlisted; and what he proposes to do to rectify the position?

Mr. Eden

The answer to the first part of the Question is "No, Sir." As regards the second and third parts of the Question, dentures may be supplied to members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service when the necessity for them arises from causes attributable to military service, and this is not affected by the fact that the members are enrolled instead of being enlisted.