asked the Financial Secretary whether he can now make any statement as to the non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Defence Corps not receiving the extra pay already paid to other branches of the Army, and can he state if they have now been granted the new rates of pay and from what date it has been effective?

Warrant officers and non-commissioned officers of the Royal Defence Corps have, by the Royal Warrant published in a special Army Order of 27th March last, been granted the extra 3d. a day for which similar ranks of the Cavalry, Artillery, and Infantry are eligible, with effect from the same date, namely, 29th September, 1917. The privates have throughout been entitled to the higher rate of 1s. 6d. under Army Order 1 of 1918.