§ 48. Mr. PROTHEROasked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been 1356 called to the Indian Civil Service (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1915; and whether opportunities similar to those given under that Act will be extended to those intending candidates for the Home Civil Service who are rendering naval or military services in the present War?
§ The PRIME MINISTERYes, Sir. I am not sure that the method of recruitment contemplated by the Act referred to will be the best way of dealing with the problem in the Home Civil Service, but I am in full sympathy with the object in view, and appropriate steps will be taken to attain it.