§ Mr. De Chairasked the Minister of Agriculture how the imports of barley to
522Wfor the total number of agricultural workers, male, female and juvenile, respectively; and how do these compare with the returns for 1936, 1930 and 1925?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonThe following table shows the numbers of workers, excluding the occupier, his wife and domestic servants, employed on agricultural holdings in England and Wales, as returned by the occupiers of the holdings on 4th June in each of the years mentioned. Separate figures are not available for juvenile and adult female workers.
date this year compare with those during the same period of last year?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonThe quantity of barley imported from all sources during the period January-September, 1938, was 726,000 tons, compared with 583,000 tons in the corresponding period in 1937.