§ Mr. JOWETTasked the Minister of National Service whether he is prepared to interfere in the case of Mr. A. Farrar, of Shipley, Yorks, aged thirty-five, Grade 2, married, two children, and the proprietor of a one-man business, who has been refused exemption from military service by the local and appeals tribunals although he is distributing 100 gallons of milk daily and sells 100 pigs annually?
Mr. T. WILSONasked the Minister of National Service whether his attention has been drawn to the case of William B. Ball, Main Street, Alrewas, Burton-on-Trent; whether he is aware that this man is a skilled agricultural worker, was rejected and therefore excepted from military service in June, 1916, re-examined in May, 1917, and graded C2, and has recently been called up to join the Royal Flying Corps; and whether, in view of the scarcity of skilled workers on the land and of the fact that Ball has very bad eyesight, is ruptured, and suffers from varicose veins, he will consider the possibility of his return to his work of national importance?
§ Sir A. GEDDESI am making inquiries into the circumstances of these cases and will inform the hon. Members of the result.