Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army. – in the House of Commons at on 24 July 1940.
Taking into consideration the fact that the Auxiliary Territorial Service are all found, receiving free board, lodging and uniform, as well as medical attention and dental treatment, and opportunities for higher rates on promotion, I cannot agree that the Auxiliary Territorial Service clerks are generally worse off as compared with civilian women clerks than soldiers similarly employed with their civilian counterparts. Recruiting for the Service has recently improved considerably, and measures to stimulate it still further under active consideration.