Part of Oral Answers to Questions — National Service – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 4 March 1947.
Mr George Isaacs
, Southwark North
12:00,
4 March 1947
The number of men called up for military service in 1946 was 260,000. The estimated number to be called up in 1947 is 175,000 and according to present estimates, a similar number is likely to become available in 1948.