Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 July 1947.
Mr John Freeman
, Watford
12:00,
8 July 1947
I do not consider that the form of attestation is misleading. It states that discharge by purchase cannot be claimed while a proclamation is in force requiring the army Reserve to enter upon service with the Colours. Such conditions are still in force. To avoid any possibility of misunderstanding, however, recruiting officers have been specifically instructed to draw recruits' attention before attestation to the fact that they cannot at present claim discharge by purchase.