§ Mr. Grovesasked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that men registered as medical students prior to 3rd September, 1939, in order to be exempt from military service must have passed their first professional examination and completed two years of study in anatomy and physiology; and whether he will now consider exemption from military service of all men registered as medical students prior to 3rd September, 1939, while they are satisfactorily pursuing their studies?
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§ Mr. E. BrownAfter consultation with my right hon. Friends, the Minister of Health and the Secretary of State for Scotland, and with representatives of the medical teaching bodies, it was decided that medical students who have passed their first professional examination and have completed two terms (not years, as suggested in the Question) of study in anatomy and physiology shall be reserved under the Schedule of Reserved Occupations. This arrangement secures adequate reservation of medical students at the present time, and I see no reason for any change of the kind suggested by the hon. Member.