§ 55. Mr. ANDERSONasked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the repeated 519 statements made on behalf of the Government that a measure of industrial compulsion would be introduced into Parliament if the campaign inaugurated by the National Service Department' proved a failure, he is now in a position to make a statement as to the success or failure of that campaign; and whether it is the intention of the Government to make any further departure in the direction of industrial compulsion?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThe campaign referred to in the question has not proved a failure, as it has produced upwards of 350,000 volunteers. With regard to the second part of the question, it is not the intention of the Government to make a departure in the direction of industrial compulsion.
§ Mr. PRINGLEHow many of the 300,000 volunteers are real and how many are bogus volunteers, such as Members of Parliament?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI have no information on that subject, but I have no reason to believe that nearly the whole of them are not real volunteers.
§ Mr. KINGIs not the real test how many have been placed in positions in which they would not have been—
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe hon. Member should give notice of that question.