§ Colonel Crosthwaite-Eyreasked the First Lord of the Admiralty when a reply may be expected to the letter sent to him on 1st May, 1946, in respect of the pay account of Kenneth Grant, late of His Majesty's dockyard police, Hong Kong.
Mr. DugdaleI am happy to say that the questions of policy involved have now been decided, and that men who were made prisoners in circumstances similar to those of Grant will be treated, for purposes of pay and non-effective benefits, as though they had been serving infantrymen. The adjustment of pay accounts will be a very complex matter, but every effort is being made to accomplish it as quickly as possible.