§ Mr. Edgeasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he is satisfied that the minimum monthly pay of £9.35 earned by a Gurkha private Class IV is adequate.
§ Mr. JuddYes. £9.35 is the current minimum monthly rate for Private IV, to which are added the appropriate items of additional pay which were specified in the reply by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Army on 18th July.—[Vol. 895, c. 617–18.]