§ MR. SUMMERBELLTo ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, if a number of gardeners employed at Kew Gardens have received notices of discharge; and, if so, would he state the number of men involved and the reason for such discharges.
(Answered by Sir Edward Strachey.) The young gardeners at Kew, viz., those below the grade of sub-foremen, are usually 37 employed for about two years, during which period they are afforded opportunities of working in different departments and of attending the various classes provided for their instruction. No notices of discharge have been given, but in conformity with the rule to which I have referred, the young gardeners who have completed two years' service will leave next month.