§ 6. Sir Patrick Hannonasked the Minister of Labour whether he will indicate the measures that have been adopted by his Department to secure, without loss of time, the employment of skilled technicians and persons trained in applied science and engineering to appropriate posts in the Defence Services, and thus obviate complaints of waste of skilled man-power?
§ Mr. BevinThe primary responsibility for making proper use of skilled personnel rests upon the authority in control of the particular Service. An inquiry into the use of skilled men in the Forces has been made by the Committee whose Report was published yesterday, and the same Committee have also carried out a similar inquiry with regard to the Commissioned ranks.
§ Sir P. HannonWill the Minister do everything in his power to see that persons recruited having special skill and scientific training are allocated as far as possible to services in which they can be useful?