§ Captain AINSWORTHasked the Secretary of State for War when the regulations will be available under which the 30,000 skilled craftsmen in the building trade will be demobilised in fulfilment of the recent promise of the Prime Minister that this number of skilled men will be released immediately?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe regulations at present in force provide that all volun-1044W tarily enlisted men who are eligible for release will be sent for dispersal not later than 1st February, 1920, and conscripts by the 1st April, 1920. The statement of my right hon. Friend to which the hon. and gallant Member refers was, I think, to the effect that there was still a number of bricklayers who will be released in the next few weeks—not immediately, as the question suggests.