asked the Secretary of State for War, whether, in view of the increasing responsibilities of officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the Home Guard, he will see that compensation and pensions, in the event of casualties, be put on the same basis as that of the Regular Army?

I would refer my hon. Friend to replies given by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Pensions on 7th. May and 22nd July, 1942, of which I am sending her copies.