§ 69. Lieut.-Colonel WINDSOR-CLIVEasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can state what proportion of the agricultural labourers in this country are employed by persons who own the land which they occupy and what proportion are employed by persons who are tenants?
§ The MINISTER of AGRICULTURE (Mr. Noel Buxton)In a large number of cases the holding is partly owned and partly rented, so that it would not be possible to give the proportion as desired by the hon. and gallant Member. I may mention that of the total area under crops and grass in England and Wales in June, 1923, about 24 per cent. was stated to be owned by the occupiers.