§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will give details of what activities have taken place within the Armed Services since the firemen's industrial dispute concerning the training of troops and the use of Green Goddesses in fire control and so on: what are the wage and salary scales of the Fire NCOs and officers connected with this training together with their emoluments and how these compare with the payments to firemen.
§ Mr. HayhoeAs a contingency measure some Service men are being trained in the use of Home Office reserve fire appliances—Green Goddesses—so that the Services can respond if called upon for assistance by the civil fire authorities so as to ensure that the public are not left without any fire cover. Details of the current pay scales for the Armed Forces are contained in the ninth report of the Review Body on Armed Forces Pay (Cmnd. 7899), a copy, of which is available in the Library. The pay scales for members of the fire service were set out in the reply to the hon. Member by my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Home Office, on 13th November.—[Vol. 992, c.364-66.)