HC Deb 07 November 1944 vol 404 c1280W
Mr. R. Morgan

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that civil servants are being required, in an office of his Department in Bedford, to serve under a German national, who is a commissioned officer of the R.E., who would be ineligible under the nationality rules for appointment in the Civil Service; and whether, in view of this anomaly and the feelings of the staffs concerned, he will transfer this German national to another sphere.

Sir J. Grigg

My hon. Friend is no doubt referring to a commissioned officer of the Royal Engineers who was a German national and served for some time as a Garrison Engineer at Bedford. He was transferred to another station on 18th September, and he has since left this country for service in a theatre of war overseas.