28. Lieut.-Colonel C. KERRasked the Secretary of State for War the numbers of Regular soldiers who complete their term of service each year and become available for other employment?
Mr. COOPERThe numbers vary according to the recruit intake six or seven years before, but the average for the past three years has been between 16,000 and 17,000.
Lieut.-Colonel KERRIn view of that reply, may I ask whether my right hon. Friend would consider some scheme to guarantee employment for these men after they leave the Service?
§ Mr. GEORGE GRIFFITHSIs it not a fact that the majority of these men have to have six weeks' holiday because they have been fed on margarine?