§ Mr. Prittasked the Minister of Defence whether he is aware that a former Regular soldier, whose particulars have been communicated to him, rejoined the Army on a voluntary short-service engagement without being given any warning that on such engagements no War Service Grants are payable; that this man's sick wife and children have, in consequence, not enough to live on; and whether, in view of the shortage of men in the Forces, he will take steps to amend the regulations to permit of grants being made in proper cases.
§ Mr. AlexanderMen who enlist on normal Regular engagements are not entitled to war service grants, as was mace clear in paragraph 29 of the White Paper on the Post-War Pay Code (Cmd. 6715). The man in question was informed of e conditions on which he could rejoin e Forces The emoluments under the new code must be considered as a whole and it is not proposed to alter the regulations in the manner suggested.