Navy Supplementary Estimate, 1937.

Part of Orders of the Day — Supply. – in the House of Commons at on 22 March 1938.

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I do not think the hon. Member has stated the facts quite correctly. Even supposing it was proposed by the committee that officers should have contributed something towards marriage allowances, that took for granted that the marriage allowances given would bring them into equality with the Army and the Air Force. The Anderson Committee said that if the Admiralty wished to follow the practice of the Army and the Air Force in granting special allowances to married officers, the changes should be made at the expense of pay. It was always understood that, when you did make a change, you should do it on a basis of equality.