§ 12. Mr. McAddenasked the Secretary of State for War if he will publish a list of the civilian occupations in which serving soldiers are permitted to engage.
§ Mr. StracheyIt is provided in King's Regulations that officers on full pay and soldiers are forbidden to act directly or indirectly as agents for any company, firm or person, or themselves to engage in trade. Permission has, however, been granted for all ranks on leave to help their families in business or trade provided that when doing so they do not appear in public in uniform.
§ Mr. McAddenCan the Secretary of State for War tell us whether the ruling he has given covers the case of the soldiers from Shoeburyness Garrison who were employed at the bakery of the Cooperative Society in Southend, and whether it also covers the fact that during that period of employment in what is a closed shop they were enrolled as members of the union while serving in His Majesty's Forces?
§ Mr. StracheyPerhaps the hon. Member would give me particulars of that alleged incident.