§ Sir HERBERT NIELDasked the President of the Local Government Board whether he will give an assurance that, when the appointments under the newly-constituted Ministry of Health are being made, the claims of medical men who have served in His Majesty's Forces, and especially those who have had a long period of active service in the fighting zones, will be given first consideration?
§ Major ASTORPerhaps I may refer my hon. Friend to the answer which I gave to a somewhat similar question by the hon. and gallant Member for Bournemouth on the 27th of last month.