HC Deb 07 February 1951 vol 483 cc203-4W
52. Mr. Macdonald

asked the Minister of Defence whether he will incorporate Polish soldiers, now settled in this country, in the Class Z and comparable Reserves.

Mr. Shinwell

Membership of Class Z and equivalent Reserves is confined to men who have been released from service under the Armed Forces (Conditions of Service) Act, 1939, or the Naval and Marine Forces (Temporary Release from Service) Act, 1940, and are liable under those Acts to recall during the present emergency. There are probably a few Poles still living in this country who joined the United Kingdom Forces as volunteers during the war and were released under those Acts. Ex-members of the Polish forces, however, are not subject to those Acts and are not therefore liable to recall.

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