§ Mr. BROOKESasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that soldiers in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force have now served over 2902W three years without leave; and whether, in view of the altered circumstances of the War, he will see that these men are among the first to be granted special leave?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave on Thursday last to a similar question by my hon. Friend the Member for Roxburgh shire. As far as is practicable those men who have been longest with an Expeditionary Force are given priority in the matter of leave.