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Part of Orders of the Day — Supply – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 13 Mawrth 1947.

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Photo of Mr Anthony Head Mr Anthony Head , Carshalton 12:00, 13 Mawrth 1947

I think the right hon. Gentleman perhaps misunderstood my point, and I am not aware of the case which he has described. If a man asks now to leave the Army the War Office say: "No, there is an emergency" I am a case in point. I am a regular soldier in the Army, along with many others, and we are not allowed to leave the Army unless the War Office says, "Yes." There are those lucky few to whom they say, "Yes," for the reason that the War Office does not want them any more. If the War Office wishes to retain them it says, "No," and for some mystic reason it said, "No" to me. That is the whole point I am making. Would the right hon. Gentleman bear in mind that, if the War Office says "Yes" to an officer applying to get out it is tantamount to the War Office saying, "We don't require you any more." I do not see why those who leave voluntarily should not have the same pension.