§ 98. Major CADOGANasked the President of the Board of Trade whether preference in employment is given to ex-service men on all schemes guaranteed under the Trade Facilities Act?
§ Major BOYD-CARPENTERIt is not possible to attach an absolute condition of this kind to guarantees under the Trade Facilities Act, but every effort is, in fact, made by the Advisory Committee to secure a preference for ex-service men.
§ Major COHENWhy is it not possible?
§ Major BOYD-CARPENTERI think it must be obvious to the hon. and gallant Gentleman, after all, that if credit is granted under the Trade Facilities Act to any individual film conducting its affairs upon highly technical grounds that it may not be possible to obtain the requisite number of ex-service men with the requisite technical knowledge to make the business a paying concern. It would, therefore, be impossible under these circumstances to lay down conditions.