§ 59. Lieut.-Colonel POWNALLasked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the action of the Government of India in offering a number of vacancies in the Indian Civil Service to Army officers who have been retired owing to the reductions in establishments; and if he will consider the desirability of similar action with regard to the Home Civil Service and Army and Navy officers who may be forced to leave the services?
§ Mr. BALDWINI have been asked to reply. The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. I am afraid that, in view of the reductions which have been and are being effected in the staffs of the Home Service, it is impossible to adopt the suggestion in the last part of the question.