§ 8. Mr. SNOWDENasked the President of the Local Government Board what reply he has sent to the letter addressed to him on 1st May by Councillor G. H. Bagnell, of Pendlebury, in which he points out that the local tribunal sent notes to the County Tribunal pointing out that the appellant 275 was a prominent member of the Independent Labour Party, and suggesting that he should be asked if he was a member of the Union of Democratic Control, as the opinion existed without any certainty that he was a member of that body; and will he say what steps he has taken or proposes to take to protect persons coming under the Military Service Act, 1916, against such treatment?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. Hayes Fisher)I have replied that it is for Mr. Bagnell to place any relevant representations before the Appeal Tribunal, who are the legal authority for deciding his case.