Most hon. Members will join with the hon. and gallant Member for Holderness (Lieut.-Commander Gurney Braithwaite) in desiring to see all ex-Service men and women settled in suitable jobs. but I should point out that, whether men and women who have not served in the war should be replaced by those who have, is not a matter for my Ministry. It is a matter for the Treasury in conjunction with the Ministry of Labour. I think that the hon. and gallant Member should explain very carefully to the organisation which asked him to raise this matter that, on 8th October, 1946, the Ministry of Labour reaffirmed the policy against giving any preference to ex-Service personnel, and this was sponsored by the Coalition Government in 1945. Therefore, my Ministry, although it views with great sympathy an application for an ex-Service man or woman for a job, and tries always to place that man or woman, cannot shoulder the responsibility for settling all these ex-Service people who apply for jobs. This is a matter to be settled by the Government as a whole and, of course, this has been decided.