§ 110. Mr. Dribergasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Service men have now been interviewed by the Advisory Committee on Service men's candidatures for Parliament; in how many cases the Committee has advised that the candidatures are bona fide; in the light of this advice, what action has been taken by the Service Departments concerned; if he will state the name, rank, unit and trade of each applicant of whose bona fides the committee is satisfied; and if he will release for publication, or place in the Library of the House for the information of honourable Members, the full transcript of the interviews.
§ Mr. BrookeThe Advisory Committee on Service Candidates has so far interviewed 23 applicants. Of these, the Committee decided that one application—that of Sergeant M. J. Ellingham, a control equipment mechanic in R.E.M.E.—wasbona fide. I understand that he was discharged yesterday. The Committee meet in private, and applicants are assured that anything they say will be regarded as strictly confidential to the Committee; it would be inconsistent with this to publish or place in the Library particulars of the proceedings.