§ 51. Mr. Ralph Ethertonasked the Minister of Agriculture whether there is any provision for technical education for agricultural workers; and whether he will examine, with the President of the Board of Education, the practicability, either now or after the war, of providing evening classes in agriculture at local schools in country districts, particularly for young persons between 13 and 18 years of age, and advanced agricultural education elsewhere for those who show special aptitude at local evening classes?
Mr. HudsonThe schemes of technical development now being carried ou[...] by the county war agricultural executive committee extend to all classes engaged in food production, including agricultural workers; in most counties, however, institutional training cannot be provided owing to the more urgent need for technical advisory work in the immediate interests of food production. As to the second part of the Question, I am discussing with my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Education matters of principle relating to the policy for agricultural education after the war.