Mr. MacCALLUM SCOTT(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether he is in a position to make a statement regarding the postponement of the holidays, and the proposals of the Government to substitute a system of periods of rest in relays?
§ The PRIME MINISTERMy right hon. Friend the Minister of Munitions has appointed a Committee under the chairmanship of my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Education, to consider and report on the question of allowing rest periods in relays. That Committee is sitting day by day, and is hearing evidence from both employers and the employés. The problem is a large and complex one, but the Committee are doing everything possible to avoid delay in the issue of their recommendations, and they hope to present an Interim Report on Monday or Tuesday next week. Pending the issue of the Report I would appeal, on behalf of the Government, to ail classes throughout the country to postpone their holidays and do everything they can to discourage the creation of a holiday spirit.
Mr. MacCALLUM SCOTTIs the Committee inquiring only into the principle whether the holidays should be taken en masse or in relays, or into what method should be followed, or into both?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI think both.