§ Mr. G. Hutchinsonasked the Secretary of State for War whether soldiers who have been transferred to the Reserve during their period of service upon the ground that their services were more urgently needed in the Fire Service or some other branch of Civil Defence, will be entitled to count the period of Army service before such release in addition to the period after their return to the Armed Forces for entitlement to war service increments under paragraph 2 of the recent White Paper [Cmd. 6553].
§ Sir J. GriggI would refer my hon. and learned Friend to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Nuneaton (Mr. Bowles) to-day.