§ Mr. Liddallasked the Secretary of State for War what steps are taken to ensure that any technical men of the Pioneer Corps are utilised to the best national advantage; and what review is made of the civil experience of such men?
§ Captain MargessonEvery effort is made to place men possessing technical qualifications in those arms of the Service where their special knowledge will be of most service to the Army, and suitably qualified personnel are invited to submit particulars for this purpose. So far as the Pioneer Corps is concerned, a large number of men have already been transferred to technical corps under the scheme to which I referred in my answer to my hon. Friend the Member for North Lambeth (Mr. G. Strauss) on 1st July. Further transfers are being considered.