§ Captain Ryderasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty by what amount gratuities, payable to officers on termination of short-service commissions, are being increased in respect of their compulsory retention in the service; and whether the gratuity for the original commission is payable at the end thereof, or whether it is being withheld until the end of the additional period of service.
§ Mr. CallaghanWith regard to the first part of the Question, I would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Defence to a Question addressed to him by the hon. Member for Lewisham, West (Mr. H. Price), yesterday. The gratuity is payable at the end of the original commission.