13. Mr. RATHBONEasked the Minister of Labour the number and character of long-term hirings made under the agricultural unemployment insurance scheme in the county of Cornwall?
§ Lieut.-Colonel MUIRHEADBetween 4th May and 13th November last, 61 declarations of long hirings were made in the county of Cornwall under Section 10 of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1936. Of these 50 related to yearly contracts and 11 to half-yearly contracts.
Mr. RATHBONEIs the Minister satisfied that the advantages of these long-teem hirings are as widely appreciated through the country as they might be?
§ Lieut.-Colonel MUIRHEADThey ought to be, considering the publicity that has been given to the arrangements under the Agricultural Unemployment Insurance Act.