HC Deb 23 January 1941 vol 368 c309W
Sir Smedley Crooke

asked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider the advisability of placing limbless men in a category of their own, in view of the fact that it would be of great assistance to the men concerned, many of whom are ex-service men, would assist the placing officers in the exchanges, and help the special sub-section which deals with the problem of finding employment for disabled men?

Mr. Bevin

I have already considered this proposal and am not satisfied that it would be in the interests of the men to adopt it. Disabled ex-service men are already classified in three groups according to their capacity for employment in addition to the ordinary classification according to the kind of employment sought. I am informed that there are some limbless men in each of these three categories. I may mention that for some months past I have been subsidising the training of crippled men for munitions work at the Training Institution for Cripples at Leatherhead and Exeter.