§ Mr. ROWLANDSasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether a married man under forty-one who has been discharged from the military service of the Crown on the termination of his period of service will be entitled to the same exemption as is conferred on single men by Section 1 and the First Schedule, paragraph 5, of the Military Service Act, 1916, even if he should have previously attested under the Derby scheme?
§ Mr. TENNANTNo, Sir. A married man under forty-one, who has been discharged from military service but who has, nevertheless, patriotically come forward and has voluntarily offered himself for further service under the Derby scheme is not touched by the Military Service Act, and, therefore, the exception in that Act referred to by my hon. Friend does not apply to him.