Clause 5. — (Conditions of Service.)

Part of Orders of the Day — Auxiliary and Reserve Forces Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 24 October 1949.

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Photo of Sir Toby Low Sir Toby Low , Blackpool North 12:00, 24 October 1949

I beg to move, in page 7, line 10, to leave out "Part I," and to insert "subsection (3) of section one."

This is a small point, but one of substance. Part I of the National Service Act includes at least one Clause—Clause 2—which deals with men who volunteer for the Auxiliary Forces of the various Armed Forces of the Crown. It is our hope that the Secretary of State does not mean to deny to these men the advantages provided by the various subsections of Clause 5. I am sure that he does not wish to do so. I am advised that if he says: serving for a term of part-time service within the meaning of Part I of the National Service Act … as opposed to the amending words which we are proposing, there may be some confusion because Part I includes Clause 2 which deals with those who wish to volunteer.