§ 65. Mr. RENNIE SMITHasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if a copy of the Bill for compulsory military service now before the Parliament of Iraq can be laid in the Library of the House?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for COLONIAL AFFAIRS (Mr. Ormsby-Gore)So far as I am aware, no Bill for compulsory military service has as yet been introduced in the Iraq Parliament.
§ Mr. SMITHHas the Department received any suggestions or recommendations with regard to compulsory military service, and is it the intention of the British Government to support a claim for compulsory military service in Iraq?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREThe late Government in Iraq, in the King's Speech which was presented to His Majesty the King of Iraq to be read at the opening of the Iraq Parliament, announced something to that effect, and since then that Government has fallen and the new Government had not made any suggestion to that effect.