asked the Minister of National Service whether any men have been withdrawn this year for military service from the mercantile shipyards; and whether men are still being withdrawn?

Men engaged in occupations dealt with in the Schedule of Protected Occupations (MM. 130 Revised) who are available for recruitment, are not called up by the recruiting authorities from Admiralty or Ministry of Munitions firms until their names have been notified to the recruiting official concerned by the Admiralty representative, or munition area dilution officer, as the case may be. The Schedule affords complete protection to men engaged in certain specified occupations in hull construction and repair.