HC Deb 28 May 1918 vol 106 cc673-4W
Mr. JOWETT

asked the Minister of National Service whether his attention has been called by the town clerk of Bradford to the following case of extreme hardship in regard to military service which is not provided for in the King's Proclamation relating to the right of appeal to a tribunal on personal grounds, namely, Tom Bush-field, Register No. 601,962 R, 114, St. Stephen's Road, father practically bedfast, four sons in the Army, two of whom have been killed, this man only son at home, two other sons married; and if he will take steps to secure a revision of Clause B (Second Schedule) of the Proclamation, which confines the right of appeal only in respect of a man who establishes to the satisfaction of the tribunal that he is the last surviving son of a widow of whom at least one son has died as the result of wounds received in, or sickness contracted by, service with the armed forces during the present War, to the effect that power be given to the tribunal, after consultation with the Director of National Service or his representative, to make recommendations, in cases of extreme hardship, that the call-up notice be suspended for the time being?

Mr. BECK

I would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to him to-day to Question 24.

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