asked the Minister of Defence how many officers, noncommissioned officers and men have been discharged from His Majesty's Forces because they were Communists or of Communist sympathies.

None, Sir.

Is the right hon. Gentleman satisfied that there are no Communists among the brigadiers?

I have nothing to add to my answer.

May I ask the Minister if in view of the statement made by General Ivor Thomas to the Yorkshire Fusiliers——

No statement by a General comes into this matter. The Minister's answer was "None."

With regard to Communists in the Forces, the General has informed the Yorkshire Fusiliers that they are going to Hong Kong to fight against Communists. Will he not make arrangements to free Communists and Communist sympathisers from having to take part?

asked the Minister of Defence if he will arrange for each service to make the same proportionate contribution towards the fares of its cadets travelling to annual camp.

I am advised that, subject to certain distance limitations, the full cost of cadets travel from their units to annual camp is found from Service Votes for all the Cadet Forces. But if my hon. Friend has a particular case in mind where this rule has not applied I shall be glad to look into it.

Is it reasonable when the Air Ministry pay the whole of the fares of the Air Force Cadets no matter what the distance, that the War Office should only pay the fares for 100 miles?

I think that what the Air Force do is to pay the fares to a certain camp, if the camp has been fixed, and they allow other contributions if the cadets go to a camp which is further away.

Will the right hon. Gentleman look sympathetically into this whole question because of the feeling in some Cadet Forces that they are less well-treated than other Cadet Forces?

I will certainly ask each of my Service colleagues to look into the matter and discuss it together. It fact, we are fairly generous and cover the whole of the expenses up to 100 miles.

asked the Minister of Defence, if, in his review of the question of pensions for officers' widows, he will consider revoking or substantially amending the rule under which a widow 25 years younger than her late husband is debarred from receiving a pension.

I would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the reply which I gave on Wednesday last to my hon. Friend the Member for the Forest of Dean (Mr. Philips Price).

Is it not a fact that this rule was originally made because the authorities got tired of maintaining a very young widow of a very old soldier for a very long time, and that this results in hard cases as well as interfering with the free choice of a wife?

I must refer the hon. and gallant Member to my answer last week and I must adhere to it. We must settle the basis of the new scheme and then I promise to give attention to the points made by hon. Members of the House.