§ LORD DOUGLAS OF BARLOCHasked Her Majesty's Government to state at the latest convenient date what was the number of persons employed in agriculture in Great Britain (a) whole-time, and (b) part-time and, in the case of the latter, the approximate equivalent in terms of whole-time workers.
EARL WALDEGRAVEThe total number of workers (both male and female) employed on agricultural holdings in Great Britain in December, 1959, was as follows:—
(Thousands) Regular whole-time workers 479.0 Regular part-time workers 75.6 Temporary or Seasonal workers 68.8 There is no satisfactory method for converting part-time, temporary or seasonal workers into an approximately equivalent number of regular whole-time workers.
House adjourned at one minute before five o'clock.