§ Mr. STRANGERasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will, when introducing the legislation necessary for the institution of agricultural wages boards, introduce in the same Bill a Clause that farm workers shall have a weekly half-holiday from their employment?
§ Mr. BUXTONI am entirely sympathetic to the proposal that farm workers should have a weekly half-holiday, and I am considering the hest means of securing it. There are certain difficulties in making a half-holiday compulsory by Statute in the case of agriculture, and it may be preferable to deal with it under Regulations to be made by the wages authority.
2350Wthe total annual rent roll of small holdings provided under the Small Holdings Acts, the Small Holdings (Colonies) Acts, and the Land Settlement (Facilities) Act, respectively?
§ Mr. BUXTONAll land acquired by county councils and the councils of county boroughs for small-holding purposes has been acquired under the Small Holdings and Allotments Acts, 1908–19. I assume, however, that the hon. Member desires to have the following particulars which distinguish between holdings provided by councils before the Armistice and since that date: