§ 41. Mr. Vernon Bartlettasked the Minister of Education whether any arrangements are being made to provide special agricultural courses for urban children and, in particular, for those children who, as evacuees, have developed a desire to work on the land.
§ Mr. ButlerThe possibility of providing special educational facilities to fit young people from the towns for work on the land is one of the many questions now under consideration by my Depart- 1121 ment in consultation with the Ministry of Agriculture. In the meantime I am glad to say there has been a notable increase during the war of interest in the schools, both rural and urban, in food production and gardening, and I have recently made available to local education authorities a number of films on rural and agricultural subjects.