Sir John Simon revived the subject on the third reading
of the Consolidated Fund Bill on the same day. The tribunals, he asserted, had failed to give effect to the promise that single men who were " sole supporters " should be exempted. These and other men who should be exempted were being " bluffed " into attesting. The muddle had been caused by Mr. Tonnant's announcement that single men medically rejected under the Derby scheme must be re-examined. Now posters had appeared proclaiming that those single young men must produce certifi- cates of rejection completed and signed and recognized as good by the military authorities. But there was nothing about all this in the Act. As a matter of fact, the conditions fre- quently could not be complied with, as in some cases certificates had been torn up by tho recruiting officers, and in others they had never been delivered to the men.
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