§ Sir FRANCIS BLAKEasked whether it is proposed after 1st January, 1917, to take for military service only those men employed in agriculture who are passed as fit for general service?
§ Mr. FORSTERThis is a question which cannot be answered now. Every possible step, consistent with the obtaining of men for the maintenance of our Armies in the field, will be taken to retain men on work of national importance such as agriculture.