§ Mr. Buchananasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Mrs. Fraser, 132, South Portland Street, Glasgow, received a pay order book from the War Office in which the first 15 pay orders were torn in halves; that no explanation was given to the woman as to the reason; and whether he intends to take any steps to stop this practice?
§ Mr. StanleyPay order books are prepared to cover a given period, usually 26 weeks. Where an allowance is to start from a date later than that from which the book begins, the forms relating to the weeks before the former date are cancelled by being torn in half. In the case to which the hon. Members refers, Mrs.420W Fraser was notified of the period of payment covered by the drafts in the book.