§ Captain CARR-GOMMasked the Under-Secretary of State for War what procedure is to be adopted with regard to releasing men from military service; and whether commanding officers are to select the men to be released, or should the employers or the men themselves make applications?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONAs explained by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Reconstruction, on the 12th November, subject to military needs, men will be released from military service in accordance with a general scheme of industrial priority which is being prepared by the Ministry of Labour. When demobilisation begins, dispersal drafts will be formed by officers commanding units strictly in accordance with instructions, which have been laid down, wherein the principle of a priority on industrial grounds is combined with that of a limited priority on other grounds, such as marital condition, length of war service, etc.