HC Deb 01 November 1944 vol 404 cc791-2
42. Mr. Bowles

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what he has done to ensure that all naval personnel shall be fully ad- vised how to take advantage of the emergency scheme for recruitment and training of teachers.

The First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. A. V. Alexander)

Copies of the official pamphlet on Emergency Recruitment and Training of Teachers are exhibited in the information rooms of all His Majesty's ships and naval establishments. Naval Education Officers have also been provided with a memorandum, giving information on suitable preparatory courses of study for men and women desirous of becoming teachers on release. The eight courses on Teachers' Training, included in the vocational correspondence courses open to all men and women, have been announced in Admiralty Fleet Orders. The booklet being prepared by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Labour and National Service on Release and Resettlement, which will be issued to all serving officers and men, will include a reference to the Teachers' Recruitment and Training Scheme.

Mr. Bowles

While thanking my right hon. Friend for his reply, may I ask him when these notices were published in the establishments?

Mr. Alexander

I have not that information with me, but I will send it on to my hon. Friend.

Mr. Bowles

Is my right hon. Friend aware that last month a certain naval person, whose name I will give to him, could get no information at all as to his position and was advised to communicate with the Ministry of Education?

Mr. Alexander

As I have said, I will advise my hon. Friend of the date. If he will give me particulars of any establishment in which the notice was not exhibited, I will look into the matter.

Mr. Bowles

I will.