§ 119. Sir G. Foxasked the Minister of Labour why Mr. A. A. Evans, of Roundhill Farm, Tusmore, Oxfordshire, aged 24, joint partner in the farm, has received a calling-up notice for 18th July, just before harvest; and if this is in accordance with his undertaking to the House.
§ Mr. Ness Edwards:This man was employed as a works manager in a factory at Wolverhampton. When called up in 1944, he expressed a wish to be employed in coalmining as an alternative to service in the Forces. His enlistment notice was accordingly cancelled to enable him to accept this employment. Within a few months he left that employment without permission and went into partnership on a farm. He is not entitled to deferment as an agricultural worker.