§ Mr. Ethertonasked the Minister of Labour what provision and check exists for ensuring that conscientious objectors who have been ordered to obtain work of national importance in fact do so; whether there is any schedule of classes of work considered proper for fulfilling the conditions imposed and whether there is any time limit fixed; and what is the number at the last convenient date who were and who were not performing such work?
§ Mr. E. BrownI have this matter under consideration, but I would point out that under Section 5 (8) of the National Service (Armed Forces) Act it is open to any person to inform a local tribunal that a conscientious objector has failed to observe the condition of his registration, and if they are satisfied as to such failure there is provision for dealing with the case again de novo. There is nothing in the Act to define the work which tribunals should specify, except that it must be work of a civil character and under civilian control. The statistics asked for in the last part of the Question are not available.