Commander LOCKER-LAMPSONasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can now state if applications for free passages for ex-service men to other parts of the Empire must be sent in by the end of the current year, or whether a further prolongation of the term within which applications can be received will be granted, in view of the absence of shipping facilities hitherto and the preoccupation of the Dominion Governments with the resettlement of their own ex-service men?
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§ Lieut.-Colonel AMERYThe period during which applications may be made for free passages under the Government free passage scheme has been extended for one year,i.e., from the 31st of December next to the 31st December, 1921. Those who apply before the 31st of December, 1921, and are approved, will be allowed to avail themselves of the privilege of a free passage at any time before the 31st of December. 1922.