§ Sir R. Gowerasked the First Lord of the Admiralty for what reason officers on the emergency list of the Royal Navy receive less pay when recalled for active service than officers of similar seniority on the retired list; and whether, in view of the fact that the provisions of the Reserve Forces Act apply to both, this anomaly can be rectified?
§ Mr. ChurchillAn officer on the retired list when called up no longer receives the retired pay which he had earned by his previous service. An officer of the emergency list has been permitted by the Admiralty to leave the Navy before he has qualified for retired pay. It cannot, therefore, be claimed that the rules by which officers from the retired list receive a bonus of 25 per cent. on their full pay is unequitable.