§ Colonel Macnamaraasked the Minister of Labour whether he will define the position of farmers' daughters with regard to calling-up notices; whether they will be exempted if they work on the land and/or have to discharge heavy 314W domestic duties connected with the farm; and whether, if not exempt owing to their not fulfilling the conditions specified, they will be allowed to join the Women's Land Army and work on their fathers' farms?
§ Mr. BevinWomen employed on full-time farm-work for wages will not, under present arrangements, be called up. If a farmer's daughter is not so employed but performs substantial work on her father's farm it is open to the father to apply for deferment. If she is on essential work in the farmhouse the procedure is slightly different but is now being brought into conformity with that set out above. A farmer's daughter who is not reserved or deferred will normally be allowed to apply for enrolment in the Women's Land Army. If accepted as suitable she must, however, as a member of the Women's Land Army, be prepared to work wherever that organisation considers that her services can be most usefully employed.