§ 62. Lieutenant-Colonel ARCHER-SHEEasked the First Commissioner of Works if he will state whether, in engaging men for service in his Department, he is reserving at least 75 per cent. of these appointments for ex-soldiers and ex-sailors; and whether he can state what percentage of the total number engaged by his Department since the Armistice are ex-soldiers and ex-sailors?
§ Sir A. MONDNo definite percentage of appointments is being reserved, but ex-Service men are always given preference. Seventy-eight per cent. of the total number of men engaged directly by my Department since the Armistice are ex-soldiers and ex-sailors.