§ 84. Mr. Swinglerasked the Secretary of State for War what has been the percentage decline in the purchasing value of Army pay and allowances since the present rates were fixed; and what would be the annual cost of raising them so as to restore their original purchasing value.
§ Mr. F. MacleanAs the soldier is paid both in cash and in kind and the present rates of pay, etc., were fixed at various times, there is no simple relationship with changes in price levels which would enable me to give the figures for which the hon. Member asks.