§ 65. Sir FREDRIC WISEasked the Minister of Agriculture what is the loss to the taxpayer over the Patrington settlement?
Mr. GUINNESSAs the accounts of this settlement are for the year ending on the 31st March, I regret that. I have no later figures than those contained in the reply which I gave to my hon. Friend on the 17th November last. The accounts for the current financial year, when completed, will include the results of the realisation of the farm and estate assets, but I am afraid that it will be impossible to complete these accounts for several months.
§ Mr. T. WILLIAMSWill the right hon. Gentleman, in submitting a balance-sheet, place on it the saving in unemployment 2010 pay due to the increased number of men who were working on the Patrington Scheme under the Government, as compared with those who were working previously?
Mr. GUINNESSAs they would be agricultural workers, I think they would not have been in receipt of unemployment relief.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYWill the right hon. Gentleman give, in the final return, a list of the number of men who have been trained to agriculture in the colony?
Mr. GUINNESSIt was not an organisation for training, but an estate which was started on a profit-sharing basis.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSIf agricultural labourers would not have been in receipt of unemployment pay, would they not have had to resort to Poor Law relief?