§ 57 and 58. Mrs. Tateasked the Minister of Health (1) whether he will give an assurance that those members of the public assistance staff now serving with His Majesty's Forces will be given an opportunity to transfer their services to the new Assistance Board when they return from the war;
(2) whether he will give an assurance that the officers of the public assistance service who are experienced in work similar to that now contemplated by the new Assistance Board will be accepted or transferred to the new service; and will he see that such services are freely recruited for all ranks of that service without reference to the question of officers rendered redundant in public assistance service through the operations of the Bill?
§ Mr. ElliotI must ask my hon. Friend to await the Debate which will take place upon the Amendment which has been put down by my hon. Friend the Member for Canterbury (Sir W. Wayland) on Clause 9 of the Old Age and Widows' Pensions Bill.