§ 12. Mr. Thorneasked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that Mr. Cordrey has been a member of the ground staff in the R.A.F., having trained in the A.T.C. for three years and six months and passed all examinations and gliding tests, but has now been ordered down a coalmine; and, in view of the fact that this man is six feet six inches tall and has trained for so long, if he will take steps to excuse him from going into the pits.
§ Mr. BevinIf my hon. Friend will send me the necessary particulars of the man referred to, including his present address and his registration number under the National Service Acts, I will have inquiries made into the case.
§ Mr. ThorneI will try to do that.