§ Captain BOWYERasked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the unemployment amongst agricultural workers, he has considered extending to them the benefits of the Unemployment Insurance Acts; whether he has been asked to do this by the Agricultural Workers' Association; and whether he will invite the agricultural industry as a whole to consider this question?
§ Sir R. SANDERSThe question of the application of unemployment insurance to agriculture was considered as recently as last year by a Committee, appointed by the Agricultural Wages Board, and representative of the farmers' and farm workers' organisations. This Committee reported that there was general opposition both by employers and workers to the inclusion of agriculture under the general provisions of the Act. So far as I am aware, the general feeling in the industry remains as then reported.