§ Mr. Bellengerasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether special consideration will be given to disabled ex-Servicemen who were appointed to temporary Civil Service posts on discharge from the Forces when the appointments to established posts are being considered.
§ Mr. PeakeAs I said in reply to the hon. and gallant Member for Lonsdale (Sir I. Fraser) on 5th December (OFFICIAL REPORT, Vol. 406, c. 391), the Government as employers have accepted in principle the obligations imposed on employers generally by the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act, 1944. I added then that whether special preferences would be needed cannot be decided until the quota arrangements under the Act have been settled. This is still the position. There is no intention of giving to disabled ex-Servicemen who happen to be occupying temporary Civil Service posts any preference over disabled ex-Servicemen who do not happen to be occupying such posts. To both cases the special reservation of a minimum number of vacancies for ex-Servicemen will, of course, apply.