§ 5. Mr. Rhys Daviesasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour whether he will consider amending Section 11, Sub-section (1) (f), of the National Service (Armed Forces) Act, 1939, in order to permit local authorities to give information for the use of medical boards relative to men known to mental welfare associations as being mentally deranged or mentally disordered?
§ Mr. AsshetonI shall be glad to arrange to lay before medical boards any information of the kind indicated which may be offered. It does not appear necessary for this purpose to amend Section 11 (1) (f) of the National Service (Armed Forces) Act, which defines the classes of men not liable to be summoned for medical examination.