§ Mr. JOWETTasked the Minister of National Service whether a man who after being exempted by a local military service tribunal so long as he remained in the same occupation, and it remains in the national interest, and who has not since been decertified by any new list of certified occupations, but who on receipt of a circular from the tribunal at a later date stating that he must sign on under Section B and drill with the Volunteers, did sign on and drill, will, if men in his occupation and at his age subsequently became 1626W decertified, be unable to plead that they have conscientious objections to military service on the ground that they have already consented to military service, and therefore be treated as deserters?
§ Mr. BECKA man who holds a certificate of exemption on the ground that his occupation is a certified occupation and whose certificate ceases to be in force owing to an alteration in the List of Certified Occupations may apply for renewal on the ground of conscientious objection to undertaking combatant service, but in deciding his application the tribunal would be entitled to take into consideration the fact that he had served in the Volunteer Force.
§ Mr. JOWETTasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that Stanley Turner, a conscientious objector, in Wandsworth Prison, is desirous of having his case reconsidered, with a view to taking up work under the Home Office Committee; and, if so, whether he will now give instructions for Turner to appear before the Central Tribunal?
§ Sir G. CAVEThis man appeared before the Central Tribunal in May last, but their report was not such as to enable the Committee to offer him the opportunity of working under them.