§ Mr. GLANVILLEasked the Minister of Labour whether he will explain why Herbert Farmer, who joined the Officers' Training Corps, Artists Rifles, on the 26th August, 1918, at the age of 18, and who was training with that body at the time of the Armistice, and was then transferred to the 5th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps, and later to the Royal Army Service Corps, until his demobilisation on 18th October, 1919, and who then applied for training grant in order to complete his training for Civil Service examination, was informed by the Cork authorities that the maximum grant which could be allowed was for three months; and whether, in view of the fact that many other officers under training have been granted allowances for three years, a similar concession can be made to him, as he gave up an uncompleted term of two years of scholarship he had won, which included maintenance, clothes and education, in order to join up?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAIn order to answer my hon. Friend's question, it has been necessary to obtain papers from Ireland. I am communicating to my hon. Friend, in a full and detailed memorandum, the results of the close inquiry that I have had made into Mr. Farmer's case.