§ 80. Mr. CROOKSasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in connection with the lists of certified necessary trades, an employer in one of those trades who is actively engaged in his business is held, equally with his employés, to be engaged on work necessary in the national interests, or whether his employés are to be exempted from military service and he may not?
Mr. RUNCIMANIn view of the great diversity of circumstances no general reservation of employers can be made, but the Reserved Occupations Committee recommended that the local tribunals should consider each case on its merits. That recommendation was approved by the Army Council and has been communicated to the military representatives and to the local tribunals. I may also remind my hon. Friend that appeals can be made from the decisions of the local tribunals to the district tribunals, and from them to the Central Tribunal.