§ 17. Sir Irving Alberyasked the Minister of Labour if he will defer proceeding with the Reinstatement in Civil Employment Bill pending inquiries from the principal employers of labour, and the principal bodies representing employers generally, as to whether they can give guarantees on behalf of their members that all employees returning from war service will be reinstated in employment within the trades and industries which they represent.
§ Sir I. AlberyArising out of that unsatisfactory reply I can only hope to have the opportunity of dealing with this question during the Second Reading Debate on the Bill.