§ Sir W. Smilesasked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he will arrange for priority passages from India to. be given to men between 60 and 70 years of age who remained in India to help their country during the war, and now wish to return to England.
§ Mr. A. Henderson:Priority passages from India are allocated by the Government of India Priorities Board in accordance with a schedule of priorities. As accomodation on vessels homeward bound from India is in very short supply, I regret that it would not be practicable to accord any higher priority than at present to men between the ages of 60 and 70 who are returning finally to this country, unless there are special considerations attaching to each case which would qualify them for a higher priority.