§ Mr. HARMSWORTHasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will give the total numbers of conscientious objectors employed in various Government Departments; and whether he will issue orders to Departmental heads for their replacement by ex-service officers and men, preference being given to disabled men provided the nature of disablement is not such as to handicap efficient discharge of work?
Mr. GRAHAMThe number of conscientious objectors re-instated in the Civil Service in 1920 was estimated at under 230; the number now serving cannot be greater, and may be less. As regards the latter part of the question, I would refer to the answer given yesterday to the hon. Member for Barrow-in-Furness (Mr. D. Somerville).