§ Mr. Burdenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that 15 members of the Civil Defence Service in Sheffield trained in gas cleansing work have been refused gratuities and postwar credit, notwithstanding that in other areas the gas cleansing staff were merged in the rescue service for operational purposes and have received gratuities and postwar credit, and if he will now reconsider his decision in the matter.
§ Mr. EdeEligibility for Civil Defence war gratuity is limited to persons serving under the conditions appropriate to whole-time members of one of the Civil Defence Services, including a minimum duty period of 72 hours a week. The gas 205W cleansing station attendants in Sheffield, who were neither merged in the rescue service nor wholetime members of any Civil Defence Service, and who were not employed on Civil Defence conditions of service, are accordingly not eligible.