HC Deb 19 September 1950 vol 478 cc206-7W
57. Wing Commander Hulbert

asked the Minister of Defence if he can give details of the British casualties in Korea up to the last convenient date.

Mr. Shinwell

The total casualties sustained in the Korean operations up to midnight, 16th September, were five killed and 23 wounded.

ments, employed in a theatre of active operations, shall receive equal pay and allowances for their rank.

Mr. Shinwell

No. The main purpose of the new pay arrangements is to stimulate regular recruitment and re-engagement, and, as my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for War explained in the course of the Debate on 15th September, the adoption of the principle suggested by the hon. Member would create more anomalies than it would remove.

Mr. Keeling

asked the Minister of Defence what is the estimated annual cost of increasing the pay of National Service men during the last six months of their service.

Mr. Shinwell

Approximately £4½ million.

Mr. Nigel Fisher

asked the Minister of Defence whether he will consider payment of National Service men engaged in actual fighting, as in Korea, on the same basis as the new rates for the Regular Forces.

Mr. Shinwell

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave today to the hon. Member for Solihull (Mr. M. Lindsay).