HC Deb 09 March 1916 vol 80 cc1729-30W
Sir W. ESSEX

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether any instructions issued by the Government to local tribunals acting under the Military Service Act, 1916, exclude all theological students or only those of some denominations; and, if so, which?

Mr. TENNANT

I will send my hon. Friend a list of the categories of students who may be excepted from the provisions of the Military Service Act, 1916, if they so desire. A different form of words is necessary to describe accurately each of these categories, and it would take too long to read out the list in answer to a question.