§ Mr. Parkerasked the Minister of Labour whether he can give any explanation of the great divergence between the results of medical examinations for the Regular Army, the Royal Air Force, and the Militia?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe medical examinations for the Regular Forces have in view the requirements of the particular units in which the men wish to enlist, and cover a much wider age-range than that for the militia. Moreover, it is a common practice for an intending recruit who is rejected at one centre to try again at other centres or for other units and in this way the figure for rejections is to some degree inflated. For these reasons the real divergence between the results for the Regular Forces and those for the Militia is considerably less than that represented by the crude figures.