§ Sir J. Wardlaw-Milneasked the Minister of Labour if he will give an assurance that men who volunteered and served in the Army or Navy, and, subsequently, in the national interest, agreed to work in the coalmines, will have an equal claim to release from their present occupation with those who are in the Fighting Services.
§ Mr. BevinI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given on Thursday last to the hon. Member for Caerphilly (Mr. Ness Edwards),a copy of which I am sending him.