§ Sir P. Hurdasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will take further steps this winter to encourage county war agricultural committees to hold instructional classes in thatching in districts, such as the Pewsey Vale, Wiltshire, where the rural district council reports a shortage of skilled thatchers for essential repairs to farm workers' cottages and farm buildings?
Mr. HudsonI have already drawn the attention of county war agricultural executive committees to the importance of taking steps to increase the number of skilled thatchers.