§ MR. YERBURGHTo ask the Secretary of State for War, whether recruits for the Volunteer force have to pass any physical test; and whether he can state what proportion of the Volunteer force is efficient for active service.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster.) Under paragraph 156 Volunteer Regulations, recruits for the Volunteer force have to pass a physical examination, and a certificate of physical fitness is signed by the examining medical officer on the form of enrolment. As regards the second part of the Question, efficiency for active service depends on so many conditions other than that of physical fitness, that I am not in a position to give the hon. Member the information he requires.