Mr. De la Bèreasked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider the case of Mr. P. H. Meadows, of Abbey Gate, Vine Street, Evesham, who until recently was assistant manager of the Channel Islands branch of Messrs. Lowe & Shawyer, Limited, of Uxbridge, and who is now willing and enthusiastic to enlist for military service but is precluded from doing so on the grounds that he is in a reserved occupation although the occupation no longer exists?
§ Mr. BevinI am looking into this case. I should explain generally that Channel Islanders (i.e., persons born or domiciled in the Channel Islands and not ordinarily resident in Great Britain) who have come to this country as refugees are not precluded by the Schedule of Reserved Occupations from enlisting voluntarily in any branch of the National Defence Services.