HC Deb 17 December 1946 vol 431 cc333-4W
15. Mr. Usborne

asked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has ben called to the reasons given by the C.I.G.S. for continued conscription; and whether the C.I.G.S. was authorised to make this statement on behalf of the Government.

Mr. Bellenger

I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given on 12th December by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to my hon. Friends the Members for King's Norton (Mr. Blackburn) and Aston (Mr. Wyatt).