§ Sir R. COOPERasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if his attention has been drawn to the appointment of Mr. S. A. Francis, gas and water engineer to the Claeton Urban District Council, as military representative to the Claeton military' recruiting tribunal; and is it in accordance with regulations that a public servant responsible for the employment of a number of public employes should be appointed as military representative?
§ Mr. TENNANTI have no information as to the ordinary occupation of Mr. Francis. If, as is stated, he is in the service of a District Council, he has no doubt obtained the consent of that authority to his acting as a military representative. The War Office see no objection to him so acting if the District Council have no objection.