HC Deb 02 May 1923 vol 163 c1355
29. Mr. LANSBURY

asked the Minister of Labour whether local authorities which receive grants from the Government Grants Committee, and are therefore obliged to employ 75 per cent. ex-service men, are allowed to include in this 75 per cent. men who served the country in wars previous to 1914?

Sir M. BARLOW

Men who did not serve in His Majesty's Forces during the Great War cannot under the Regulations be counted in the percentage referred to by the hon. Member.

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