HC Deb 29 January 1952 vol 495 c15W
98. Mr. Norman Smith

asked the Secretary of State for War if he will cease the practice of drafting boy soldiers to the Suez Canal Zone.

Mr. Head

The hon. Member has already been informed of the conditions which must be fulfilled before a boy soldier is sent overseas. In the case which he has in mind, a number of other boy soldiers were in the Canal Zone at the time the boy was sent there. I can assure the hon. Member that the position of all these boys, as of the married families and children in the Canal Zone, is being carefully considered in the light of the situation.