The provision of man-power for essential services now and in wartime was the subject of a statement in the House of Commons yesterday by Sir Thomas Inskip-Speaking on the competing needs of such organizations as the Territerials and the Air-Raid Precautions, Sir Thomas Inskip said that in peacetime there must be no compulsion and the young men of the country need not be shepherded into any particular occupation, Anyone who was now selected for any emergency services, he continued, joined with the understanding that in wartime he would not escape from any duties that Parliament might impose upon him, In wartime there was certain to be a competent authority to allocate each individual to a suitable position, The question was then put by Mr. James Chuter Ede, Opposition Labour member for South Shields, whether, although it had not been brought before the House of Commons, there existed a Conscription Act, which put everyone in his appropriate niche.
Sir Thomas Inskip replied: "I said so as plainly as I could."
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