§ 40. Mr. MOLTENOasked the Home Secretary whether any general Order has been issued that all Government officials between the ages of eighteen and sixty-one must enrol under the National Service scheme, and, if so, by whom; and, if such an obligation has been imposed, will he -explain how it can be reconciled with his pledge given to the House of Commons that there would be no compulsion under the National Service Bill?
§ Sir G. CAVEThe Prime Minister has invited Civil servants to enrol as National Volunteers, but there is no obligation on them to do so.