§ 24. Mr. JOWETTasked the Minister of National Service whether his attention has been called by the town clerk of Bradford to the following case of extreme hardship in regard to military service which is not provided for in the King's Proclamation relating to the right of appeal to a tribunal on personal grounds, namely, Fred Rhodes, 30, Dallam Street, Bradford, age twenty, Grade 1, carter (father, carrier and carting agent, cripple, having lost whole of fingers and thumb on right hand, four sons, three sons serving, son now appealed for, C3 up to 17th March, 1918, 7 acres of land); and if he will take steps to secure a revision of Clause B (Second Schedule) of the Proclamation which confines the right of appeal only in respect of a man who establishes to the satisfaction of the tribunal that he is the last surviving son of a widow of whom at least one son has died as a result of wounds received in, or sickness contracted by, service with the armed forces during the present War, to the effect that power be given to the tribunal, after consultation with the Director of National Service or his representatives, to make recommendations, in cases of extreme hardship, that the call-up notice be suspended for the time being?
§ Mr. BECKI must refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Leeds on the 15th May. It is impossible for me usefully to add anything to what I then said.