§ Mr. Hardyasked the Minister of Labour whether he is now in a position to indicate how long men called up to the Forces in 1947 and 1948 will be required to serve.
§ Mr. IsaacsYes. The attached table shows the period of service of men called up in 1947 and 1948. It supersedes the table in paragraph 5 of the White Paper "Call Up to the Forces in 1947 and 1948" (Cmd. 6831) which was issued before it had been decided that men called up in 1949 should serve for 12 months. I must make it plain that unforeseen developments may lead to a revision of the table. If that should prove necessary, it will be the Government's aim to give as much advance notice as possible of any change.
367WSubject to the above proviso, men who are called up in 1947 and 1948 and whose service is continuous will not be retained beyond the dates indicated in the column headed "Month of Release." It is anticipated that there will be differences in the actual dates of release as between the three Services and as between different branches, categories and trades within each Service, and that the actual dates of release will in some cases be earlier than those indicated.
PERIOD OF SERVICE OF MEN CALLED UP IN 1947 AND 1948. Date of Entry. Period of Service. Month of Release. 1947: years. months. January 2 — 1/49 February 2 — 2/49 March 2 — 3/49 April 2 — 4/49 May 2 — 5/49 June 2 — 6/49 July 1 11 6/49 August 1 11 7/49 September 1 10 7/49 October 1 9 7/49 November 1 9 8/49 December 1 8 8/49 1948: January 1 7 8/49 February 1 7 9/49 March 1 6 9/49 April 1 5 9/49 May 1 5 10/49 June 1 4 10/49 July 1 3 10/49 August 1 3 11/49 September 1 2 11/49 October 1 1 11/49 November 1 1 12/49 December 1 — 12/49