HC Deb 20 February 1940 vol 357 cc1180-1W
Mr. Sorensen

asked the Minister of Labour how many appeals for postponement of service have been made to hardship committees on the ground that the applicant is the only son of a widow, and how many of such appeals have been granted?

Mr. E. Brown

The statistics of applications for postponement on the ground of exceptional hardship do not enable me to distinguish between those in which the hardship arises from the specific cause mentioned by the hon. Member and those in which it arises from other causes.