§ 48. Mr. Haleasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that the regulations for the deferment of farm students provide that a farm student must have been accepted for entry into an agricultural college and that the regulations of his Department preclude an agricultural college from accepting any such entry; and what action he proposes to take.
§ Mr. T. WilliamsStudents aiming at a diploma course in agriculture or an allied subject may be given deferment up to 31st July next to take a year's approved farm training as a preliminary provided that they were born between 1st October, 1928, and 31st July, 1929, have passed the school certificate examination, and have secured a provisional certificate of acceptance from a centre of higher agricultural education for a course beginning in October, 1947. There are no regulations of my Department that preclude provisional acceptance by an agricultural college of students satisfying those conditions. I have written to my hon. Friend about the particular case he has in mind.