§ Mr. TREVELYANasked the President of the Board of Trade whether any circular has been issued by the Labour Exchange Department in any parts of the West Riding of Yorkshire to employers of labour asking for a list of the men of military age in the employ of each firm; whether any other particulars are asked for; and whether any suggestion is made in the circular that the places of such men should be filled by men above military age or by women?
§ Mr. CECIL HARMSWORTHMy right hon. Friend has asked me to reply to this question, which is understood to refer to a form issued recently to shopkeepers throughout England and Wales at the instance of the Disributing Trades Committee, of which I am chairman. I am sending a copy of the form to my hon. Friend.