asked the Secretary of State for War what additional precautions will in future be taken to avoid a repetition of the recent case in which a Liverpool woman was wrongly informed by the regimental-paymaster that her husband was missing in action in Korea.

I deeply regret this case in which an error arose owing to the failure on the part of those concerned to ensure that the correct account was being dealt with. The whole procedure is being examined with a view to ensuring that no mistake of this nature can occur in future.