§ Mr. GILBERTasked the right hon. Member for Barnard Castle, as representing the Ministry of National Service, whether the National Service Regulation as to employment of men between the ages of nineteen and sixty-one years applies to neutral subjects and to the subjects of our Allies residing here; and whether he is aware that hotel and restaurant employers are only engaging for service, which is mostly daily employment, foreigners of all nationalities in preference to British subjects because of this National Service Regulation?
§ Mr. BECKMy right hon. Friend has requested me to reply to this question. The Regulation to which reference is made is, I assume, the Restricted Occupations Order, which applies to any man who has attained the age of eighteen and has not attained the age of sixty-one, including neutral subjects and the subjects of Allied nations resident in this country. The 633W Director-General of National Service has no information which would confirm the allegation contained in the last part of the question.