§ Mr. C. Smithasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that mental nursing orderlies in Groups 27 and 28 are being retained in Banstead Military Hospital, Sutton, after their notified date of release; and whether he is satisfied that this retention is unavoidable.
§ Mr. LawsonMental nursing orderlies in Group 27 at Banstead Military Hospital have now been released. Four men in Group 28 have been unavoidably-retained owing to the general shortage of mental nursing orderlies, but I hope that it will be possible to release them in June.