§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Minister of State for Defence if he will review the pay of the Ulster Defence Regiment to assist those privates who are self-employed persons in small farms of small businesses whose pay is at a lower rate than that which they would be earning if employed in their own business, but who have no employer to make up the differential; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BlakerNo. I am very conscious of the valuable contribution made by members of the regiment who are self-employed in civil life, but we could not justify introducing special rates of pay for them.