§ 28. Mr. CECIL HARMSWORTHasked the right hon. Member for Barnard Castle whether it is the desire of the Director-General that Members of this House should enrol as National Service volunteers?
§ Mr. BECK (Vice-Chamberlain of the Household)My right hon. Friend has requested me to reply to this question. The appeal to men to enrol as National Service volunteers is a general one and includes Members of this House.
§ Mr. BILLINGIf the idea is to set an example, would it not be well if some mark were worn to distinguish those who enrol from those who refuse to enrol under this scheme?
§ Mr. KEATINGWill you be able to get any work out of them when you get them?
29. Mr. EDMUND HARVEYasked how many Members of the House of Lords and how many Members of the House of Commons, respectively, have enrolled themselves as volunteers under the National Service scheme; and to how many of these whole-time or part-time work has been assigned under the scheme?
§ Mr. BECKSuch volunteers have not been separately recorded, and the information asked for in the first part of the question is, therefore, not readily available. Members of either House of Parliament who have volunteered arc not being called up at the present time.
§ Mr. SWIFT MacNEILLCould the hon. Gentleman say how many of the eighty-nine Members of the present Administration have volunteered?