§ Mr. BUTCHERasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Chief Valuer of the Lands Valuation Department has sent a notice to the members of the staff of that Department saying that if any of them volunteer for service in the War they will be dismissed and will not be reinstated; and whether, in view of the different action of many private employers, he will give orders that this notice be cancelled, and that any members of the staff who enlist shall be reinstated on their return?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. As already stated by me, in answer to a question by the hon. Member for Dulwich on 10th August, members of the Valuation staff who enlist, will be reinstated or otherwise provided for on their return. Permission to enlist is being given to the full extent possible without detriment to the public service.
§ Mr. GRETTONMay I state that two cases have reached me bearing out the question put by the hon. Member for York. Will he make inquiries?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI shall certainly make inquiries if the hon. Gentleman will give me particulars.