Mr. Ballengerasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether storemen employed on regimental duties in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps are to be de-rated, with a consequent loss of tradesmen's rates of pay?
§ Mr. SandysA general duty section has recently been introduced into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps to carry out regimental duties, and it will be paid at normal (non-tradesmen's) rates, but so far as I am aware no existing storemen entitled to tradesmen's rates are being compulsorily dis-rated as a result.