HC Deb 14 July 1927 vol 208 c2300
45. Lieut.-Colonel HOWARD-BURY

asked the Prime Minister whether he will again consider the possibility of summoning a representative conference of all parties interested in agriculture, with a view to arriving at an agreed policy by which arable acreage may be maintained and regular employment and adequate wages secured to the agricultural worker?

The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Baldwin)

Invitations to a conference were sent to the three parties interested in agriculture, namely, landowners, farmers and farm workers, on the 28th of November,1924. This attempt to secure a representative conference failed, and I do not think that the revival of the proposal would serve any useful purpose at the present time