§ Captain Ryderasked the Minister of Labour how many deferments from National Service have been granted for the maximum period; and what percentage of the total call-up this represents.
§ Sir W. MoncktonI assume that the hon. and gallant Member's Question relates to the number of deferments granted 63W without limit of time to coalminers, merchant seamen and, until recently, to agricultural workers so long as they remain in those employments.
The approximate number of such deferments granted up to 23rd April to men in the 1929 to 1933 age classes was 129,000, representing 8.8 per cent. of the number registered for National Service.