§ Lieutenant-Colonel ARCHER-SHEEasked the Postmaster-General (1) if he can now make a statement as to the position of Private A. Richards, No. 3496r Royal Defence Corps; (2) whether he is aware that Private A. Richards, No. 3496, late 56th Protection Company, Royal Defence Corps, was employed in the Holloway Post Office before enlisting in 1914, that he has now been demobilised on the undertaking of the-Post Office to re-employ him, but that on application to the Holloway Post Office 2741W he was sent to Studd Street, Islington, where he was told that he could not he given employment although he producsd his A.F.Z. 16a given him on demobilisation, on which it states that the Postmaster-General has undertaken to employ him on his demobilisation?
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHI find upon inquiry that Private Richards' employment in Holloway Stores Depot was only temporary, and as such did not entitle him to employment upon demobilisation. The statement on Form A.F.Z. 16a, to which the hon. Member refers, was made by Private Richards, probably through a misunderstanding of the actual position.