HC Deb 06 February 1930 vol 234 cc2087-8
104. Mr. MORLEY

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what proportion of home-service men have received recognition in the P class under the Guinness agreement?

Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCE

No information is available regarding the number, if any, of home-service men appointed to the P class under the agreement in question. As my hon. Friend may be aware, a preference is given to disabled men and to men who have served overseas.

Mr. MORLEY

Is the hon. Member aware that dissatisfaction exists regarding the barriers to promotion among men who were kept on home service, not through their own volition, and will he consider taking steps to modify the award to meet this situation?

Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCE

So far as I could hear my hon. Friend's question, I may say that this matter has been very carefully considered on many occasions, and I do not think that we can reopen it.