HC Deb 29 April 1915 vol 71 c858W
Mr. NOEL BUXTON

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in regard to the suggested scheme for dealing with any shortage of agricultural labour, he will consider the advisability of arranging that the constitution of the county committees should include provisions whereby representatives of the county council and of the Agricultural Labourers' Union may be selected as members of the county committees, and thus provide for labour interests being duly represented?

Sir H. VERNEY

The county committees referred to were constituted at the suggestion of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries primarily with a view to ascertaining the demand for agricultural labour in each district. The committees consist of members of the principal local farmers' organisations, and it is open to any committee to co-opt representatives from either or both of the bodies referred to by my hon. Friend.