§ 79. Mr. TREVELYANasked the Minister of National Service whether he is aware of the discontent caused in the West Riding of Yorkshire by the practice of the National Service representative of challenging most of the decisions of the 1093 local tribunals and obtaining a reversal of their decisions at the Appeal Tribunal where local conditions are unknown; whether he is aware that twenty-one cases out of twenty-four were so reversed from the Barnsley Tribunal; and whether he will instruct the National Service representative to moderate the number of his appeals?
§ Sir A. GEDDESI am not aware that there is any general discontent of the kind suggested. I am inquiring as to the cases at Barnsley. If the hon. Member will refer to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Bradford on the 17th of July last, I think he will agree that the result of the appeals shows that the action of the National Service representatives has not been unreasonable, and I am, therefore, unable to adopt the course suggested by the hon. Member.