§ 101. Colonel Stoddart-Scottasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Mrs. Hudson of 3 St. Clair's Terrace, Otley, wife of Staff-Sergeant Hudson, of 19 Air Formation Signals Regiment, at Changi, Singapore, is having to wait until December for a passage although the wives of Royal Air Force personnel, who were also granted married quarters last August, left England on the 5th October; and if he will investigate the cause for the different treatment of Army personnel compared with men in the other Services.
§ Mr. ShinwellShipping space for Army and Royal Air Force married families is allocated by my Department in proportion to the number of families in the respective Services who are on the waiting list and I am satisfied that on the whole this principle is fair. Our present operational commitments render some delays in arranging passages for married families inevitable.