§ 28. Mr. DONALDasked the Minister of Labour the amount of money paid up to the present by the Government to employers of labour in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales towards increases to apprentices who had their period of apprenticeship broken during the War?
§ Sir R. HORNEThe total amount so paid up to 31st October, 1919, was £85,873. The figures for the four countries separately are not available.
§ Mr. BILLINGMay I ask if the right hon. Gentleman will do everything in his power to re-establish the apprenticeship system in this country on pre-war basis; and is he aware that it was only because of that system that British trade has the name it has throughout the world?
§ Sir R. HORNEThe Ministry of Labour is doing everything in its power to encourage apprenticeship.