§ 94. Mr. Hurdasked the Minister of Labour why in view of the high targets for increased production in pigs and poultry those young men working as pigmen and poultry farmers are still classed in the subsidiary agricultural occupations and thereby made liable for military service, whereas the call-up of men in the main agricultural occupations is suspended automatically; and if he will state the number of men likely to be affected among those who registered on 6th December.
§ Mr. IsaacsA man working as a pigman or poultry farmer has always been able to obtain deferment if it could be shown that he was a bona fide worker whose services were essential in the interests of food production. The present procedure is being revised so that, in future, any case of this kind will be examined on its merits without the necessity for making a special application for deferment. In the registration which took place on 6th December, the number of young men who gave pigman or poultryman as their sole occupation was 47.