§ MR. COURTHOPEI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board how many persons are estimated to have been employed as labourers and as pickers in the hop industry this year and in previous years; and whether so great a decrease in the number of persons employed in this industry has taken place in any previous year.
§ MR. CHURCHILLI regret that I have no further statistical information upon this subject than that referred to in my reply to the hon. Member's Question on 18th February last.