§ 1. Mr. Liddallasked the Minister of Labour whether he will give the number of persons, male and female, who have been granted deferment conditionally upon giving paid service to E.N.S.A.; the ages of those concerned; and the identifying tribunals by whom these deferments were, respectively, recommended?
§ The Minister of Labour (Mr. Ernest Bevin)Deferment has been granted for 682 persons who have undertaken to give their services to E.N.S.A. for not less than six weeks each year. This total comprises 154 men over 33 years of age and 528 women born between the years 1918 and 1924 inclusive, and in each case deferment has been granted on the recommendation of the Lytton Committee.
§ Mr. LiddallIs the right hon. Gentleman satisfied that the majority of those whom he has mentioned give longer service than six weeks to E.N.S.A?