§ Captain C. Smithasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware of dissatisfaction of men in S.E.A.C., due for repatriation under Python scheme, who find that men in India Command with the same length of overseas service are returned to the United Kingdom sooner, in circumstances of which particulars have been sent to him; and whether he will take steps to ensure that such inequalities do not continue,
§ Mr. LawsonThe length of the overseas tour is the same in these two Commands and every effort is made to ensure equality of treatment. This is to some extent dependent on the transport arrangements, which may cause temporary inequalities on occasion. As I have already stated, however, it is hoped that all men from both Commands who have completed the tour of three years four months by the end of the year will have left for the United Kingdom by that date.