§ Mr. Gloverasked the Minister of Labour how many agricultural workers in the counties of Lancashire, Cheshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire, respectively, registered for National Service during 1952 or 1953 under the National Service Acts; how many cases were referred to the advisory panel; how many were granted deferment; and how many were called up.
§ Mr. WatkinsonI regret that information is not available as to the number of agricultural workers registered in a particular county nor is it possible to say, without expenditure of a disproportionate amount of time, how many agricultural workers in each county were called up.
Information in reply to the remaining part of the Question is as follows: