HC Deb 26 June 1918 vol 107 cc1064-5W
Mr. BUXTON

asked the Minister of National Service whether his attention has been called to the case of Albert Thurlow, of Great Ryburgh, who has received a calling-up notice for 25th June, whose two brothers are serving in the Army, and who is in sole charge of the farm of his widowed mother; and, seeing that this man is unable to obtain other labour, so that the crops would be lost and the farm disposed of, what action he proposes to take?

Mr. BECK

Under the present scheme of recruitment from the agricultural industry, no man can be called up for service unless released as part of the quota for his county by the county agricultural executive committee, which is under the jurisdiction of the Food Production Department of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. If the hon. Member can assure me that the man in question was not so released, I will cause inquiries to be made into the case.