§ 73. Mr. Ridleyasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will set up an independent inquiry into the administrative arrangements by the Territorial Army, whereby Lance-Corporal Handy and four other non-commissioned officers of the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, were not paid Territorial Army Emergency Reserve Bounty in 1966 although they were under the impression that they were liable to call-out.
§ Mr. BoydenNo. I have made a full investigation into the circumstances in which Lance-Corporal Handy and four other N.C.O.s of the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars were not paid a Territorial Army Emergency Reserve bounty in 1966 and I passed the results of my inquiries to the hon. Member when I wrote to him on 23rd May, 1967. I do not intend to set up an independent inquiry.