§ Colonel Carverasked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he is taking to ensure that children under 14 years of age who are being sent to work on farms have the strictest supervision to see that their health is not affected by overwork or overstrain?
Mr. HudsonI am sending my hon. and gallant Friend a copy of the Board of Education's circular 1588 which deals with this point. I have asked county war agricultural executive committees to help forward suitable arrangements for supervision but the precise arrangements will depend on local circumstances. I ought to make it clear that these children will only work on farms if they volunteer for such work.