§ Sir A. HOLBROOKasked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that at the Andover Aerodrome an ex-service man who had already been engaged in a similar capacity on Government works has been refused employment as a painter on the ground that he was not a member of a trade union; and whether he will give instructions that ex-service men applying for employment on Government works should not be excluded for the reason stated?
Captain GUESTI have been asked to reply The Air Ministry employs no direct labour at Andover, and the case presumably relates to employment by a contractor, with whom I have no power to interfere in such a matter.