§ Mr. LYLEasked the Minister of Labour whether he has decided to strengthen the local advisory committees by the addition of soldier representatives, so that they will carry more conviction and have the value of expert assistance?
§ Sir R. HORNEOn the assumption that the hon. Member is referring to representatives of discharged men, the reply is that action on the lines indicated by the hon. Member was taken within a few months of the establishment of the committees. Representatives of the various associations of discharged and demobilised men are now serving on approximately 80 per cent. of these committees, and, in addition, these associations are strongly represented on the sub-committees specially concerned with the interests of discharged men. I am now dealing with those cases where these men are not at present represented.