§ Mr. Malcolm MacPhersonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the total numbers of schoolchildren who have been engaged in potato harvesting in each year since the war.
§ Mr. J. StuartSince the Education (Exemption) (Scotland) Act, 1947, became law, the numbers of children employed in the potato harvest have been:
1947 … … 40,000 (approximately) 1948 … … 63,300 1949 … … 61,800 1950 … … 52,300 1951 … … 50,000 1952 … … 43,300 1953 … … 42,100 The number for 1954 is not yet know.