§ 48. Mr. Sorensenasked the Minister of Agriculture the number of acres under cultivation, the total value of agricultural produce, and the number of workers employed in England and Wales, for the years 1913, 1920, 1933 and 1937, respectively?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonAs the reply involves tables of figures, I propose, with the hon. Member's permission, to circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
§ The number of acres under cultivation, and the number of agricultural workers employed, in England and Wales in the years mentioned were:
§ purposes in any territory under British control?
§ The Prime MinisterHis Majesty's Government are not prepared to limit the activities of their Air Forces except as part of an international agreement. If such an agreement were found to be 1523 possible—and, as the House has already been informed, His Majesty's Government are most anxious that it should be possible—the Government would be fully prepared to give the assurance suggested by the hon. Member.
§ Mr. SorensenCan the right hon. Gentleman say how an international agreement would affect the bombing or the non-bombing of peoples in the North-West part of India?
§ The Prime MinisterI should have to see the international agreement before I could answer that question.
§ Mr. SorensenWill the right hon. Gentleman say whether in fact it would be quite possible for this country voluntarily to abstain from bombing the natives in that part of India, quite apart from an international agreement?