HC Deb 04 July 1918 vol 107 cc1831-2
25. Mr. WILLIAM YOUNG

asked the Secretary for Scotland whether the pledges given by the Ministry of National Service to the effect that no more men will meanwhile be called up from the quotas in agricultural areas, and that call-up notices issued to bonâ-fide agricultural workers after 26th June will not be enforced, apply to Scotland as well as to England and Wales?

The SECRETARY for SCOTLAND (Mr. Munro)

The undertakings which have been given in this matter are to apply equally to Scotland and to England and Wales. Any calling-up notices issued to agricultural workers in Scotland, if issued after the 26th of June, or if the envelope containing the notice bears the postmark of a date later than the 26th of June, are to be cancelled, and no more such notices are to be issued till after the harvest.

Mr. WATT

If men have acted erroneously on the circular issued, and have already answered it, will they be called back?

Mr. MUNRO

I should like notice of that question.