HC Deb 09 June 1915 vol 72 c246
23 Mr. MacCALLUM SCOTT

asked whether the arrangements previously announced, whereby medical students in their final year of study, who had only their final examinations to pass, might be released from combatant corps if they applied in order to complete their medical studies and qualify for medical service, have been altered; and, if so, in what respect?

Mr. TENNANT

The ruling applied to medical students who were serving in the ranks, and has not been altered.

Mr. MacCALLUM SCOTT

Has the other regulation been altered so that medical students who now hold commissions may be allowed to finish their course during the last year?

Mr. TENNANT

I am afraid that rule is only applicable to those serving in the ranks.

Mr. MacCALLUM SCOTT

Will the right hon. Gentleman state whether the rule, as first announced to me in answer to a question, applied to medical students holding commissions, who were in the last year of their medical course?

Mr. TENNANT

I do not think so

Mr. MacCALLUM SCOTT

It was in the answer.

Mr. TENNANT

Then, if so, I apologise to the hon. Gentleman, but I do not think it was meant to be.