71. Sir HERBERT ROBERTSasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the decision of the Government to apply to Wales as well as to England and Scotland the War Office Order providing that men employed on farms will not be taken for the Army without the consent of the agricultural executive committees, the necessary steps have been taken by the War Office to inform the military representatives in Wales as to this decision?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONYes, Sir, instructions have now been issued.