§ 68. Mr. ANDERSONasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether the Director of Contracts at the War Office has received a petition from dental mechanics in the employment of every 1654 qualified dentist in the city of Aberdeen asking that their work for the Government should be recognised by a war service badge; whether he is aware that during the past six months the staff of all qualified chemists in Aberdeen have been engaged on Government contract work in the fitting of artificial dentures for recruits who would otherwise have been rejected as medically unfit; and, as this work has involved much extra time and energy, whether he will have it recognised in the manner asked for?
§ Mr. FORSTERYes, Sir, the petition has been received, but so far the issue of badges has not been extended to this class of employment. The whole question, however, is still under consideration between the War Office and the Ministry of Munitions, and no final decision can yet be given in this case.