§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been drawn to the regulation which requires that regular engagements in the peacetime Army shall be offered only to British subjects of unmixed European descent; and, as this makes a distinction between British subjects based on racial differentiation difficult to ascertain and might be injurious to the enlistment of British subjects in the Dominions and elsewhere, if he will withdraw this regulation.
§ Mr. LawsonI do not consider it would be in the general interest to make any change at present to the existing rules, so far as United Kingdom regiments or corps of the Regular Army are concerned, but the hon. Member's suggestion will certainly be borne in mind.