§ Mr. CLOUGHasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether, in view of the certain shortage of labour on the land both for the hay and corn harvests, he is making provision to utilise for the purpose some of the unemployed labour which exists, even if it may not be of an expert quality?
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Sir ARTHUR BOSCAWENThe Board have communicated with the Ministry of Labour with a view to farmers being supplied promptly with the labour they will require at harvest time. The county agricultural executive committees have been asked to assist the Employment Exchanges in supplying the labour required.