HC Deb 23 February 1916 vol 80 c675
24. Mr. CHARLES DUNCAN

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether an Army Order has been issued to commanding officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps instructing them not to appoint men attested under the Derby scheme to advertised positions in the sanitary section of the Royal Army Medical Corps; and whether he is aware that men with special qualifications and experience as sanitary inspectors are passed over because of their having attested under the Derby scheme, and a preference given in making appointments to such positions to unattested men?

Mr. TENNANT

I have no knowledge of any order in the sense mentioned having been issued. If my hon. Friend is aware of any specific case in which an attested man has been passed over and will furnish me with particulars, I shall be glad to have it fully investigated.