Release Deferments, Middle East

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 13 April 1948.

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Photo of Mr Tom Driberg Mr Tom Driberg , Maldon 12:00, 13 April 1948

Might I ask three reasonably short supplementaries in one? Can my right hon. Friend consider having some more thorough investigation made, possibly by someone independent of the Command, of this question of underemployment at G.H.Q., M.E.L.F.; secondly, when he refers to the deferment of individuals, will he bear in mind that it is, in fact, done on a group basis, en bloc, several hundreds at a time; and, thirdly, will he always bear in mind that the phrase to which this House assented was "operationally vital" and not merely "administratively convenient"?