§ Mr. HURDasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that large numbers of the scroll of honour to be presented to the, next-of-kin of those who have fallen in the war were ready for the engraving of the names in October last; how many have been completed by the scribes during the past four months; and when delivery of the completed scroll to relatives of the deceased will be begun?
Captain GUESTA number of blank scrolls were available at the end of October last but no scrolls have yet been completed, and I regret that it is impossible to indicate definitely the date on which delivery will begin. A large amount of time and labour is involved in ascertain-586W ing and verifying the correct next-of-kin. In the case of other than commissioned ranks this work will be done by record offices, and at present they are fully occupied with work connected with demobilisation and cannot deal with the scroll until demobilisation slackens.