Colonel GRIFFITHSasked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the interest taken by all Service Members on the question of man-power, he will arrange that all Service Members who desire to attend the Man-Power Debate promised by him at an early date will be given facilities for so doing?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI am sure that the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief will give sympathetic consideration to this suggestion, but it must rest with him to decide how far the exigencies of the Service will allow of its being carried out.
Colonel GRIFFITHSasked the Prime Minister whether the Man-Power Board will have an opportunity of reporting on the ability of the Exchequer to collect the revenue if all men up to the age of twenty-five were given up; and whether the Man-Power Board will report as to how this affects other Departments also?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to an answer given on my behalf yesterday in which I stated that the Man-Power Board were procuring returns from all Government Departments of men in their employment up to the age of twenty-six, but that these returns were not yet sufficiently complete to enable any conclusions to be drawn.