§ 42. General COLVINasked the Undersecretary of State to the Air Ministry whether, having regard to the fact that men are still being taken away from agricultural employment to work at aerodromes, steps will immediately be taken to obtain the necessary labour from elsewhere, in order to terminate a system which is making farming in some districts almost impossible?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY to the AIR MINISTRY (Major Baird)Instructions have been issued to contractors that they are to engage labour exclusively through the medium of Employment Exchanges, and the latter are being instructed not to send forward for employment on aerodrome construction men whose last employer was a farmer, or who are known to be agricultural labourers.
§ Mr. BILLINGare German prisoners still employed on aerodromes under active service conditions?
§ Major BAIRDYes.