§ Mr. WINGasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if he is aware of the manner in which the arrangements under which soldiers transferred to Class W are working, in effect Reserve men in Class W being men who have not yet recovered and being unable to work are without means; is he aware that the Statutory Committee refuse to relieve these men because they are not officially discharged soldiers; and will he take action to prevent soldiers in Class W from seeking Poor Law relief, as is now the case in the North of England?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe instructions are that men are not to be transferred from the Colours to Section W unless they are fit to take up the work for which they are transferred. Section W is not intended for unfit men. For men who having been properly transferred to Section W afterwards suffer relapse, provision is made under War Office Regulations. Perhaps my hon. Friend will give me the case he has in mind.