§ Mr. McEnteeasked the Secretary of State for War if a period of service in the Home Guard can be counted together with any period of service before or during this war, in the Army, Navy or Air Force, in calculating time served for entitlement to a long service pension.
§ Sir J. GriggI am afraid not.
§ Mr. McEnteeasked the Secretary of State for War if it is proposed to issue a discharge certificate to men who have served in the Home Guard showing the period of service and the cause of discharge.
§ Sir J. GriggThis question has been very carefully and sympathetically considered, but I am afraid that the administrative staff which can, at the present time, be made available for the Home Guard does not enable such a certificate to be issued.