§ Major BORWICKasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the hope held out in paragraph 8 of General Order No. 4/1919 of the Board of Customs and Excise that in the selection of candidates from the staff for appointment to the Ministry of Pensions preference will be given to men who have served in either branch of His Majesty's Forces, he will use his influence to secure that the candidates so selected shall have served overseas and in combatant branches of the Services during the present War?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe final selection of candidates for appointment to the posts in question rests with the Minister of Pensions, to whom I have conveyed the hon. Member's suggestion.