HC Deb 27 March 1933 vol 276 cc670-1
25. Mr. T. WILLIAMS

asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of men engaged in agricultural work in Yorkshire at the last available date and for 1929?

Major ELLIOT

The number of male workers, exclusive of the occupier of the holding, employed on agricultural holdings above one acre in extent in Yorkshire on 4th June, 1932, was 48,441. The corresponding figure for 4th June,, 1929, was 53,530.

Mr. WILLIAMS

Can the right hon. and gallant Gentleman say whether dis- placed agricultural workers have been found employment in any other industry, either foreign or British?

Major ELLIOT

I understand that a considerable number of them have found employment, but that does not alter my great regret that these people should have been forced off the land.

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