HC Deb 31 October 1916 vol 86 c1527
75. Mr. C. WASON

asked the Secretary of State for War if, in view of the fact that the War Office has taken into consideration the difficulties that soldiers from Orkney and Shetland returning from leave had to encounter in visiting their homes, he will consider if similar privileges could be granted to soldiers from the Dominions who are anxious to have sufficient leave to visit their parents?

Mr. FORSTER

The grant of leave to men from the Dominions involves considerations very different from those involved in the grant of leave to men from Orkney and Shetland, and the two cannot be compared.