§ 26. Mr. CASSELSasked the Financial Secretary to the Admiralty if he is aware that disabled ex-service men employed in the Accountant-General's branch of the Admiralty are being dismissed on the 30th of December, while sound ex-service men are being retained in the employment of the same branch; and, seeing that this course is contrary to the recommendation of the Lytton Committee that disabled ex-service men should be given priority of retention over other ex-service personnel, will he inquire further into this question?
§ Commander EYRES-MONSELLThe Report of the Lytton Committee recommended that ex-service men should be discharged in the following order:
All the men referred to are home service men, and, as such, are being discharged before overseas men or overseas disabled men. It is the Admiralty practice to consider the cases of men disabled at home on their merits, taking into consideration whether the disability is directly attributable to service. This procedure, together with the discharge of 1741 these particular men, has the concurrence of the authorised representatives of the Association of Ex-Service Civil Servants. I may add that it is open to these men to appeal through the ordinary official channels or through their own organisation, but they have not yet done so.
- 1. Home service.
- 2. Overseas.
- 3. Disabled.