§ Mr. Manderasked the Secretary of State for War why the offer of a Jewish division for service wherever required, approved by the Government in September, 1940, has never been put into effect; and, since it is desirable to accept all help that Jews are prepared to give in Palestine and elsewhere, whether he will take steps in the early future to grant to existing Jewish units the right to wear badges and describe themselves as Jews?
§ Captain MargessonThe formation of a Jewish division would present very serious practical difficulties. The companies which have been recruited from Jews in Palestine are attached to a British regiment and the question of a separate badge does not therefore arise.