§ Sir R. Glynasked the Minister of Agriculture whether seeing that the work of the Women's Land Army is of equal importance from a national standpoint to that of the Auxiliary Territorial Service or other women's service corps, members of the Land Army who have been drafted to work in localities far from their homes will be given the same railway travel facilities as women who are members of the Services for the war period?
§ Sir R. Dorman-SmithI understand that the special railway travel facilities to which my hon. Friend refers are at present granted only to serving personnel70W of the Forces. While I think it is generally recognised that the work of the Women's Land Army is of great national importance, it is to be remembered that Women's Land Army members are not employed by the State but by individual farmers, and their position is not therefore directly comparable with that of Service personnel.