§ Major Thornton-Kemsleyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland to state, by counties, the strength of the Women's Land Army in Scotland and where the greatest deficiency in such workers is found?
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Mr. JohnstonThe number of members of the Women's Land Army employed or being trained by farmers or agricultural executive committees in each county in Scotland is as follows:
In addition 107 members are being trained at official training centres. Current demands for Women's Land Army workers are being met as they arise by drawing upon members enrolled in the industrial areas.
County. Number of Members. Aberdeen 397 Angus 212 Argyll 121 Ayr 644 Banff 67 Berwick 222 Bute 50 Caithness 19 Clackmannan Included in Stirling. Dumfries 187 Dunbarton 115 East Lothian 229 Fife 449 Inverness 74 Kincardine 92 Kinross Included in Fife Kirkcudbright 156 Lanark 370 Midlothian 322 Moray 74 Nairn 36 Orkney 2 Peebles 81 Perth 332 Renfrew 166 Ross and Cromarty 126 Roxburgh 226 Selkirk 22 Stirling 191 Sutherland 13 West Lothian 108 Wigtown 90 Zetland 5 Total 5,198