§ MR. HARMOOD-BANNER (Liverpool, Everton)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether any distinction is made in recommending Army Reservists who have served only three years with the colours and those who have served a more extended period in obtaining established appointments in the Civil branches of the Government service; and if he will explain why the War Office have informed Reservists employed in an unestablished capacity at Glasgow Post Office, who had only performed three years service with the colours, that they were ineligible for established appointments.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster.) No distinction is made by Army agencies in recommending men if they have the minimum of three years service required by the Post Office. The promotion of such men to established appointments rests with the Post Office authorities. As regards the last part of the Question the War Office has no information on this point; the regulations, however, are fully set forth in the Instructions for Civil Employment, Appendix III.