Local Overseas Allowance (Germany)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 December 1957.

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Photo of Mr Ernest Fernyhough Mr Ernest Fernyhough , Jarrow 12:00, 11 December 1957

On what grounds does the hon. Gentleman justify this? How can he say that a married man who leaves his family in this country is entitled to overseas allowance but in Germany a single man is not? On what basis is the decision made?