MR: ARTHUR LEE (Hampshire, Fareham)To ask the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that the postmaster of Glasgow refused leave on July 10th, for camp training, to six Volunteer signalmen of the Clyde Divi 64 sion, R.N.V.R.; and whether he is prepared to make good the loss of the efficiency grant to which the commanding officer of the division would have been entitled by the special training of these men.
(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) The postmaster was obliged to refuse leave in the cases to which the hon. Member refers, because it could not be granted without detriment to the work of the office, which at this season of the year is very heavy. I cannot, accept any responsibility for the effect of their absence from camp on the grant earned by the division.