§ 43. Mr. H. Fraserasked the Minister of Labour how many young men are deferred from National Service under the National Coal Board training scheme for civil engineers.
§ Mr. WatkinsonI regret that the information is not available and could not be obtained without expenditure of a disproportionate amount of time.
§ 44. Mr. H. Fraserasked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that civil engineering trainees from the National Coal Board are attached to private civil engineering firms whose own trainees are not deferred from National Service; and whether he will now consider either nullifying the military deferment privileges of National Coal Board trainees or of applying them to the trainees of all civil engineering firms connected with the mining or quarrying industries.
§ Mr. WatkinsonI am not aware that this does happen, but if my hon. Friend will send me any information that he has I will gladly make inquiries.