§ Sir J. JARDINEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether the Ministry has been applied to by Mrs. Charles Anton, of Mertoun Bridge, St. Boswell's, in the county of Roxburgh, to arrange for the return from his regiment, the 11th Royal Scots, for a period of three months' leave of her husband, Private Charles Anton, 10th Platoon, C Company, to help her in the hard work of their farm, a 10-acre holding, with three milch cows, two calves, pig, sheep, and 100 poultry, and especially as to pig-breeding, ploughing, and carting out and spreading two years' manure; and whether the Ministry is doing anything to get the requisite permission from the War Office?
§ Mr. CLYNESNo record can be found of any application for the release of Private Charles Anton having been made to the Ministry of Food. I shall be glad to discuss with the hon. Baronet the steps proper to be taken in order to get the requisite permission.