§ Sir I. Fraserasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will consider giving a special preference to disabled members of the Forces in connection with the proposals for recruitment to established posts in the Civil Service during the reconstruction period outlined in Command 6567; and whether he will allocate some portion of the vacancies set aside for ex-Service men to those who are disabled and for whom the chances of other employment are restricted.
§ Mr. PeakeAs my hon. and gallant Friend is aware, the Government as employers have accepted in principle the obligations imposed on employers generally by the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act, 1944. Whether special preferences will be needed cannot be decided until the quota arrangements under the Act have been settled. Meanwhile, however, the Civil Service Commissioners have amended their Regulations so as to enable persons whose health has been impaired by reason of service in the present war to be admitted to established employment notwithstanding their disability.