HC Deb 30 July 1941 vol 373 c1422W
Major Neven-Spence

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether leave will be granted to crofters and smallholders, serving in the Royal Navy, whose assistance is needed at home for harvest work?

Mr. Alexander

Where the needs of the Service allow, the Admiralty will consider favourably the grant of unpaid leave for harvest work to crofters and smallholders, provided that they are not serving in seagoing ships, and that the application for their leave is supported by the local agricultural authority, and by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries or the Department of Agriculture for Scotland.