§ Lieut.-Colonel HOWARD-BURYasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he has considered the claims of ex-service civil servants; and what action the Government proposes to take in the matter?
Mr. GRAHAMI am receiving a deputation of the Association of Ex-Service Civil Servants on this subject to-morrow. I can assure my hon. Friend that the Government intend to give the fullest possible consideration to the claims of the ex-service men for preferential treatment.