HC Deb 06 November 1967 vol 753 c52W
76 Mr. Hale

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the form of the regulation referred to in the letter of 1st August 1967 from the Under-Secretary of State for the Army to the honourable Member for Oldham, West, under which a soldier who has been banned from obtaining his discharge from age of 18 to 21 years of age can have his application for discharge deferred for a further 12 months when his unit is warned for overseas service; when the regulation was made; and where it was published.

Mr. James Boyden

The regulation referred to is paragraph 507 of Queen's Regulations for the Army; it has been in force since 1948.