§ Mr. CAUTLEYasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is the intention of the Government to include in the Military Service Bill schoolmasters of secondary and elementary schools?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of NATIONAL SERVICE (Mr. Beck)My right hon. Friend has asked me to reply. The Military Service Bill does not exclude schoolmasters of secondary and elementary schools, nor are such men excluded from the operation of the earlier Acts. Administrative instructions have, however, been issued from time to time by the Minister of National Service, after consultation with the Board of Education and the Scotch Education Department, affording protection to schoolmasters from recruitment within certain limits as to age and medical grade. It is not intended to modify the instructions at present in force without previous reference to those Departments.