HC Deb 15 November 1945 vol 415 c2504W
Colonel Clarke

asked the Minister of Labour if a Serviceman, who in civil life was a master builder, will be allowed, if given priority release under Class B, to resume business on his own account, or will he be liable to be directed to work for somebody else.

Mr. Isaacs

Master builders are not being released as such under Class B but according to the particular crafts or occupations which they are recorded as having previously followed. Since releases of building workers under Class B are for the purpose of expediting the housing programme, all such workers are liable to be directed to work connected with that programme.