§ Mr. N. MACLEANasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that John Bryceland, No. 135356, B Squadron, Machine Gun Corps, C Depot, St. Martin's Plain, Shorncliffe, is under eighteen years of age; that his mother is a widow with six younger children; whether he is aware that on 14th July the house at which they lived at 26, Lint-house Buildings, Govan, was set on fire, and as it was uninhabitable and no other houses were available, this family had to find accommodation in a single room, and that the consequent discomfort owing to the overcrowding was the cause of the boy enlisting; whether he is aware that this boy is an apprentice bricklayer, with four years of his trade served, and is the sole support of his mother and the family; and whether, in view of the scarcity of workers in the building trade as well as the hardship in this case, he will release this boy from the Army?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI am making enquiries, and the hon. Member will be informed of the result in. due course.