HC Deb 15 July 1918 vol 108 c698
59. Sir JOHN AINSWORTH

asked the Secretary for Scotland why Scotland's quota of men recently taken from agriculture for enlistment was fixed at 5,500, while England, with a population eight times that of Scotland, was only asked to provide 30,000 (since reduced to 27,000)?

Mr. MUNRO

The figures were based, not on population, but on the relative numbers of male agricultural workers in the two countries. On that basis, according to the most recent estimate, the figures are as nearly as possible proportionate.

Mr. PRINGLE

Is it not the case that the figures per 100 acres of arable land in Scotland were only 3.1, and that they now are 3.8?