§ Mr. RENDALLasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware 1305W that Private Hector G. Flicker, No. 205,805, D Company, 2/5th Scottish Rifles, now at Moore Park Camp, Kilworth, county Cork, was born 15th February, 1901, and is therefore under seventeen; that this boy's father has applied to the War Office for his son's discharge from the Army, which he joined contrary to his father's wishes; and that the Bristol recruiting committee promised that he should be sent home; whether the War Office has also declined to discharge the boy and, if so, why; and will the War Office now at once send the boy to his parents?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI understand that the father's application for his son's release, which was refused, was not made until seven months after his enlistment. I am, however, making further inquiries into the various matters raised by my hon. Friend and will inform him of the result.