§ Mr. LYONSasked the Secretary of State for War the trades from which enlistment is now open for the Royal Engineers unit into which the present 4th battalion Leicestershire Regiment is to be formed; what transfer will take place in respect of those members of this battalion who are not tradesmen; and whether the whole unit to date will train as an infantry battalion at camp at Haltwhistle prior to its cessation as a line unit?
Mr. COOPERNo final decision to convert the 4th battalion, the Leicestershire Regiment, to an Anti-Aircraft battalion, Royal Engineers, has yet been taken, and the first two parts of the question, therefore, do not arise. The unit will train as an infantry battalion this year under Divisional arrangements.