§ 25. Mr. T. WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Agriculture the number of men engaged in agricultural work in Yorkshire at the last available date and for 1929?
§ Major ELLIOTThe number of male workers, exclusive of the occupier of the holding, employed on agricultural holdings above one acre in extent in Yorkshire on 4th June, 1932, was 48,441. The corresponding figure for 4th June,, 1929, was 53,530.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSCan the right hon. and gallant Gentleman say whether dis- 671 placed agricultural workers have been found employment in any other industry, either foreign or British?
§ Major ELLIOTI understand that a considerable number of them have found employment, but that does not alter my great regret that these people should have been forced off the land.