HC Deb 15 July 1947 vol 440 c21W
55. Brigadier Low

asked the Financial secretary to the Treasury whether, in determining whom to dismiss when cuts are made in staff due to redundancy, the date of entry into the Civil Service of ex-Service men of the recent war is taken as their date of enlistment or their actual date of joining the Civil Service.

Mr. Glenvil Hall

The period of service in the war just concluded is regarded as temporary Government service for this purpose