§ LORD HOWARD OF GLOSSOPasked His Majesty's Government, whether under a War Office order British Army officers, up to and including the rank of Brigadier, are only granted cabin class fares and not first-class fares when travelling to New York on duty on the "Queen Mary"; and, if this is the case, the reason for this curtailment of privileges usually accorded to commissioned officers when travelling on duty.
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§ LORD NATHANThere has been no curtailment of privileges usually accorded to commissioned officers when travelling on duty as the accommodation provided in the cabin class of the "Queen Mary" is at least as good in every way as the normal first-class accommodation on other passenger ships. In the interests of public economy, and with a view to enabling these ships to have the maximum accommodation available for earning dollars, it has been decided that first-class passages on the "Queen Mary" and comparable ships should be allowed only to the highest rank Government servants, that is, Major-Generals and their equivalents or above in the Services and Under-Secretaries and their equivalents or above in the Civil Service.