§ Mr. Malcolm MacMillanasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider the immediate formation of cyclist units of the Home Guard, especially in the rural districts; and take steps to ensure that each local unit has a number of cyclists attached?
§ Sir E. GriggIt is not the intention at present to form cyclist units of the Home 975W Guard, but individual cyclists are encouraged to enrol where vacancies in units still exist.
§ Mr. Sextonasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give the names, office and emolument of all those personnel enlisted in the Weardale and Teesdale units of the Home Guard as commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers or men who are in receipt of emoluments for service rendered as members of the Home Guard?
§ Mr. EdenThere are no commissioned or non-commissioned ranks in the Home Guard and its members do not receive pay as such.
§ Sir G. Foxasked the Home Secretary the number of cases, by counties, in which chief constables have refused to permit the enrolment of applicants in the Home Guard on the ground that they are Communists?
§ Sir J. AndersonMy hon. Friend may be under a misapprehension. The final responsibility for deciding on applications for enrolment in the Home Guard rests not with the police, but with the military authorities, though it is the duty of the police to give to the military authorities any information they have as to an applicant's reliability and loyalty. I do not know how many rejected applicants may happen to have been Communists.