Sir MONTAGUE BARLOWasked the Minister of National Service whether he has set up special advisory committees to consider the cases of exemption from military service of certain classes of co-operative employés; whether he accepts the principle that, allowing for the service to the State rendered by the co-operative societies, the private traders are entitled to be treated on principles of equality with the co-operative societies; whether he can state what these classes are; and whether he will see that similar opportunities are afforded to private traders who are working on the same lines and in similar trades?
§ Sir A. GEDDESMy hon. Friend will find all the information he requires in the answers which I gave to the hon. Members for Merthyr Tydvil and Tower Hamlets on the 24th July, and to the hon. Members for Devizes and Great Grimsby on the 29th July. I may add that the List of Certified Occupations is being revised with a view to including certain classes of men engaged in the distribution of food.