§ Sir A. Wilsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will now cancel or modify Treasury Circular E/1206/4 of 10th September, 1929, which cancelled a previous undertaking that conscientious objectors in the Civil Service who have refused to serve in the Territorial or Regular Army shall not be promoted over the heads of civil servants who have served, or were then serving, in the Army?
§ Captain WallaceThe decision to which my hon. and gallant Friend refers is of long standing, and His Majesty's Government are not prepared to alter it.
§ Sir A. Wilsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Treasury Circular of 1929, which allows time spent in prison by conscientious objectors to count for pensions, is still in force; and whether 1346W he will state the precise terms of the undertaking there given?
§ Captain WallaceMy hon. and gallant Friend would appear to be under a misapprehension. Treasury Circular of l0th September, 1929, which is still in force, does not allow time spent in prison by conscientious objectors who were civil servants to count for pension.