§ 2. Mr. Lewisasked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider the desirability of forming a national labour corps in which all conscientious objectors should be enrolled for service on works in connection with National Defence at Army rates of pay?
§ 14. Captain Stricklandasked the Minister of Labour whether, in order to put an end to the present anomalous position of conscientious objectors, he will take steps to enrol them into a non-combatant organisation to undertake useful work of national importance on the same conditions, pay and allowances as those obtaining in the Armed Forces of the Crown?
§ Mr. BevinAs at present advised, I do not see my way to propose the formation of special organisations of conscientious objectors of the kind suggested in the Questions. I may add, however, that while I deprecate most strongly any victimisation of conscientious objectors by their employers, I am considering whether it would be practicable to require that the difference between the remuneration of a conscientious objector in civil employment and the value of a soldier's pay and rations should be paid into a Central Fund and devoted to some special purpose.
§ Mr. MacLarenWill the Minister consider raising a special detachment of Napoleonic drapers?
§ Mr. R. GibsonWill the Minister consider making similar arrangements for men who are, technically, physically unfit?