§ Mr. Awberyasked the Minister of Defence if he will, in view of the shortage of science teachers and the recent arrangement for granting indefinite deferment from National Service to suitably qualified students as teachers of science, arrange for the discharge of the fully qualified science teachers now doing their National Service.
§ Sir W. MoncktonNo. I am not satisfied that the situation justifies such a procedure, which would be likely to have repercussions on many men with special qualifications who are performing their National Service.