§ 32. Sir Robert Youngasked the Minister of Education if she is aware that a demobilised prisoner of war, by name Arsene Polet, was a supply teacher at Haydock, Lancashire, R. C. School; that when he finished as a supply teacher he was interviewed on 7th March for employment under the emergency teachers scheme, but has, as yet, had no reply to his application; and, as the delay keeps him from seeking other continuous work, if she will expedite a decision on whether he is required for teaching work.
§ Miss WilkinsonI am sorry that Mr. Polet has not received an explanation of the delay. I understand that there was some doubt about his physical fitness, and the examining medical officer wished to see him again after an interval when he 562 had had time to recover from the effects of his captivity. A second medical examination will be arranged in the next week or two.