HC Deb 26 July 1938 vol 338 c2896
37. Mr. Porritt

asked the Secretary of State for War the number and percentage of ex-service men employed by the Navy, Army, and Air Force Institute?

Mr. Hore-Belisha

Exclusive of the senior administrative and supervisory staff, I understand that about 1,200 men, being some 45 per cent. of the adult male staff, are ex-service men. Negotiations are in progress with a view to increasing the number of ex-service men employed by this corporation.

Mr. Porritt

In view of the fact that this institute caters for ex-service men entirely, surely it is time that the percentage of ex-service men employed should be 100 per cent.?

Mr. Hore-Belisha

That is the purpose of the negotiations which I have initiated, and which seem to promise well.