Former MP for Wandsworth Central
If publication is made, can steps be taken to differentiate between those who are detained under Defence Regulation 18B and those who are interned under the Prerogative? The difference is vital.
Is the hon. Lady aware that the welfare organisation of the Army which is always available for this purpose is much used, and can she say whether the attention of troops has been drawn to that fact?
Will the legislation be retrospective in its effect?
What is the position of the Treasury in this matter? Does it have anything to do with the working of the institutes?
The reception which has been given during the last three days to this monumental Budget both in the Committee and in the country is striking evidence, open to the eyes of all men, including our enemies, that this country is prepared, in the financial field as in every other field, to face sacrifices which have hitherto been almost unimaginable. Even the gigantic figures contained in this...
I am obliged to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. I do not think that there was really the confusion in my mind which I led him to think. The point which I wished to make was this, that we do not rely merely upon the resources at present in existence or to be raised by taxation or by borrowing for meeting our commitments abroad; we do not rely solely on our gold, but we do and must rely, and...
That reinforces my argument. He has very little to spend. Quite often, he is a man who has been in receipt of a considerable income, and has suffered a great drop in income immediately upon joining the Army, though he does not complain about that, because it is inevitable. This increased tax puts an additional burden upon him, and increases the disparity between the conditions of the soldier...
I think that the answer to that question is—as long as they are bought in the ordinary quantities in which the soldier buys them, and not on a wholesale scale. The soldier has only 7s. a week, unless he has a private income from outside. If he is a private soldier, is a married man and has no income from outside, his maximum income is only 7s.
