§ Brigadier-General Spearsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in the case of officers of the Customs and Excise of military age who desire to enlist in the Defence forces, he will instruct the Board to release them in any cases where they are not fully and indispensably employed?
§ Sir J. SimonOfficers in the Customs and Excise Service who are below the reserved age of 25 applicable to civil servants generally are permitted to enlist in the fighting services; officers of 25 years of age and over now come within the schedule of reserved occupations and could not therefore at present be accepted for whole-time service in the National Defence services.