HC Deb 18 January 1944 vol 396 c43W
Major Lyons

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make arrangements which will permit discharged ex-Service men now to re-open businesses which they left or closed consequent upon entry to His Majesty's Forces if they so desire.

Mr. Dalton

As I informed my hon. Friend, the Member for Bournemouth (Sir L. Lyle) on 29th June last, I gave instruction in 1942 for licences to be granted, as a matter of course, to disabled or invalided ex-Servicemen, who wish to re-establish themselves in their former retail businesses.