§ 44. Mr. WATTasked the Secretary for Scotland whether his attention has been called to the fact that the Local Government Board for England and Wales issued, some weeks ago, an instruction to tribunals that men called to the Colours who are owners of one-man businesses are to receive certain considerations from the tribunals; whether he is aware that a similar instruction has not been issued to Scotland, and that, as a consequence, tribunals there are not giving the same consideration to owners of one-man businesses as elsewhere in the Kingdom; and will he explain why this preference according to locality should be given?
§ The SECRETARY for SCOTLAND (Mr. Munro)The reply to the first part of my hon. and learned Friend's question is in the affirmative. Instructions in a form appropriate to the Scottish conditions have been under consideration and negotiation during the current month, and will, it is expected, be issued this week.