§ Mr. C. BATHURSTasked the President of the Local Government Board if he will state what, according to the last Census, is the industry in which in the United Kingdom and in Great Britain, respectively, the largest number of persons are engaged, and to what extent such number exceeds that of those engaged in the next largest industry in the Kingdom?
§ Mr. C. BATHURSTCan the right hon. Gentleman say whether it is correct, as a Labour Member recently stated, that agriculture no longer is the leading industry of this country?
§ Mr. BURNSIf the hon. Member will look at the figures of the Census of 1901 he will see that there is some justification for such a statement, if it was made. The figures reveal the fact that agriculture is fourth in order of the men and women employed, and not first.
§ Mr. C. BATHURSTIn the United Kingdom?