HC Deb 10 January 1916 vol 77 cc1292-3W
Mr. WILES

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether the military representatives where civilian and their assistants acting in connection with appeals for postponement under Lord Derby's recruiting scheme are paid; and, if so, will he state the scales of payment?

Mr. TENNANT

They are unpaid.

Mr. KING

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether men attested and placed in groups not yet called up are subject to military law under Section 176 (5) of the Army Act, or under any other statutory provision?

Mr. TENNANT

Such men are not subject to military law.

Mr. KING

asked why the first part of the Report, dated 20th December, 1915, was published with the unanimous assent of his colleagues, while the figures of the third part and the deductions from them were issued without that assent?

Mr. TENNANT

The first part of the Report dealt with matters connected with the canvass, and it was to conduct this canvass that the Committee was constituted. The Committee were not constituted for the purpose of reporting on the matters dealt with in the second part of the Report, and consequently confined themselves to dealing with the matters which are the subject of the first part of the Report.