HC Deb 08 November 1955 vol 545 cc172-3W
Mr. Fenner Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for War what provision is being made for the 8,000 Mauritian members of the Pioneer Corps who, after serving with the British forces in the Suez Canal Zone and the Middle East, have been discharged and returned to Mauritius, where little opportunity of employment is available to them.

Mr. F. Maclean

They were given 28 days' paid leave and interviewed on release by officials of the local government who I understand have had considerable success in finding employment for them either in the sugar industry or in Government works.