§ 45. Mr. HOGGEasked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the fact that official National Service advertisements are being published in the Scottish newspapers addressed to the men of England inviting them to enrol for National Service; and whether the National Service appeal is directed only to Englishmen and not to Scotsmen?
§ Mr. BECK (Vice-Chamberlain of the Household)My right hon. Friend has requested me to reply to this question. This matter has already been brought to the notice of the Director-General of National Service, and the wording of the advertisements to which my hon. Friend refers has been amended. The appeal is not only directed to Englishmen but to all men between the ages of eighteen and sixty-one throughout Great Britain.
§ Mr. HOGGEIs it the fact that the gentleman who is in charge- of the distribution of these advertisements is an American, and is there no Britishers who could be asked to do this work, and who would have a more intimate knowledge of the divisions of the United Kingdom?
§ Mr. WATTIs not the use of the words describing the country as the United Kingdom a breach of the Treaty of Union?