asked the Minister of Labour whether employment exchanges have been particularly instructed, in selecting applicants for jobs, to see that ex-Service men are not placed at a disadvantage through lack of recent experience of civilian employment.

Yes, Sir. Comprehensive instructions on the placing of ex-Service-men and women, which were issued to all local offices of my Department in June, provide that, in selecting applicants for submission to employers, ex-Servicemen are not placed at a disadvantage through lack of recent experience of civilian employment.

Will my right hon. Friend extend this preference particularly to men whose demobilisation is held up for a long time?

The preference will be utilised in all cases where it can usefully be applied.

asked the Minister of Labour what steps have been taken to distinguish ex-Servicemen from others in his Ministry's register, having regard to the undertaking given by his predecessor in the Debate in this House on 16th May ^IO45-

As stated by my predecessor in the Debate to which the hon. and gallant Member refers, the existing arrangements enable the cards of ex-Servicemen to be picked out very easily. When ex-Servicemen are submitted for vacancies a special introduction card is used which indicates that they are ex-Servicemen.

Does the term "ex-Servicemen" include men who served in the 1914–18 war?

It says "ex-Servicemen."