§ 46. Mrs. Cazalet Keirasked the Prime Minister whether any action is proposed by the Government to carry out the suggestions in Section 19 of the Report on the Women's Services that members of the Auxiliary Services should form part of the Armed Forces for work in Europe and elsewhere after the war?
§ The Prime MinisterThe future organisation of the Women's Services after general demobilisation cannot be considered apart from that of the Armed Forces as a whole, and the time has not yet come to determine policy on this whole question. The Government can, however, state that for some time after hostilities have ceased in any area the Women's Auxiliary Services will, still be needed. In particular, members of the Auxiliary Services will be needed to 1073 accompany the Forces of Occupation so soon as conditions permit of their being sent overseas.
Members of the Women's Auxiliary Services and of the Civil Defence Services, when and in so far as they can be spared, will be given opportunities to volunteer for appointments in the administration of liberated territories during the period of military control. In so far as opportunities may arise under the proposed United Nations' relief organisation, members of these Services, in common with suitable candidates from other sources, will be eligible to volunteer for appointments, provided that they can be spared from their Services. The number of appointments, both during the period of military control and under the proposed relief organisation, is likely to be very small.