§ 6. Mr. Ernest Daviesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many men who served with the N.F.S. during the war years have been rejected for permanent service because they failed to reach the standards of health now required.
§ Mr. EdeThe number is approximately 2,300 but this includes about 1,000 cases of men who have been rejected because they are below the prescribed height or chest measurement, and who will be given an opportunity of making representations with a view to the reconsideration of their cases.
§ Lieut.-Colonel LiptonIs the opportunity of making representations limited to those who have been rejected on the grounds of physical unfitness?
§ Mr. EdeNo, those who are being rejected on certain other grounds can also appeal. A full statement of the grounds on which appeal can be made has been circulated amongst stations.