§ Sir JOHN BETHELLasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he can see his way to modify the conditions upon which ex-soldiers are to be admitted to the Civil Service so as to put ex-soldiers who are already Civil servants in the same position with regard to competitive examinations for appointments in the Civil Service as ex-soldiers who are not Civil servants; and whether ex-soldiers who sat and qualified, but to whose place on the list the available appointments did not extend, will be given the same opportunities for sitting again as would have been afforded them had they not been Civil servants?
§ Mr. BALDWINI am not clear what conditions the hon. Member has in mind. Generally speaking, I believe that the Civil servant who has served with the Forces will have more favourable opportunities of appointment to higher posts than the ex-soldier who was not a Civil servant before the War. If the hon. 423W Member will furnish me with particulars of the precise cases to which he refers, I shall be glad to make further inquiries.