§ Colonel Macnamaraasked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in order that the land may be served in future, in spite of the war, by a generation who understand it, he will take steps to organise schools on the lines of Fairbridge Farm Schools within Great Britain itself; and whether he will further consider encouraging the authorities concerned to run a large number of orphanages, homes, etc., on these lines, rather than in towns?
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Mr. HudsonI consider that under war conditions the services of the limited technical agricultural staff available can be most profitably used in the direct food production effort. As to post-war policy for agricultural education I am expecting to receive shortly the recommendations of the Luxmoore Committee which I set up to consider the matter.