14. Mr. MacCALLUM SCOTTasked the President of the Local Government Board whether the proportion of married men who must be enlisted in the Army under the Military Service Bill to complete the number required is less than the proportion of single men enlisted under the Military Service Act, 1916; and, if so, what steps he proposes to take to increase the number of exemptions granted by the tribunals to married men or to settle which of the eligible married men are to be enlisted in the Army and which are not to be enlisted?
§ Mr. LONGIt is not proposed to alter the grounds on which exemption may be claimed, nor does it seem desirable to take any measures in the direction contemplated in the question.