Miss Rathboneasked the Secretary of State for War to what extent and under what conditions members of the Pioneer Corps, who are of enemy alien extraction, are eligible for employment or training as tradesmen or technical experts in the Pioneer Corps or in other Army units, seeing that a Record Office instruction recently posted in the camps where such men are serving has led to much misunderstanding and distress?
§ Mr. SandysAliens of enemy origin are barred from wireless and radio and signals work, but dual nationals of enemy origin may be employed in that work within strict limits. Both classes can be employed anywhere else if they are vouched for and are required by the arm concerned either as tradesmen or non-tradesmen. They can be sent on trade courses if they possess basic knowledge of a trade which is urgently required and if the arm concerned can accept them.