§ Mr. WATTasked the Minister of Munitions whether his attention has been called to the case of Alfred N. Gibbins, who held a position in the machine-tool section of his Department, but who was called upon 1395W to resign as he had been discovered sending reports of departmental matters to Germans in Switzerland; whether he is aware that his staff procured for this man, after discovery, a post in the Food Production Department at a higher salary: who was responsible for thus getting a dismissed employéinto the employment of another branch of the service of the State; and whether such servant has himself been dismissed for such action?
§ Sir W. EVANSI am aware of the circumstances of the ease referred to in the first part of the question. With regard to the second part of the question, the circumstances of the case were referred to in an answer by the President of the Board of Agriculture to the hon. Member for the Loughborough Division on the 1st February. No member of the staff of the Ministry of Munitions procured for Gibbins a post in the Food Production Department, and there is no reason, therefore, for taking action such as that suggested in the last part of the question.