§ 39. Mr. Hurdasked the Secretary of State for War how many former agricultural workers serving in the Army have been offered release under the Class B block scheme; and how many will be released by the end of May.
§ Mr. BellengerUp to the end of April 26,655 offers of release had been made to agricultural workers serving in the Army under the Class B block release scheme. Of these 12,841 had actually been released by that date and 1,621 had accepted and were in process of being released. I am unable to predict how many more will have been released by the end of this month.