HC Deb 07 May 1953 vol 515 cc36-7W
Mr. de Freitas

asked die Minister of Education which education authorities have refused to grant children over 13 years of age a week's exemption from school attendance to help with the potato harvest.

Miss Horsbrugh

I have no official information, but I understand from Press reports that three or four local education authorities may be unwilling to exempt pupils over 13 from school attendance to meet emergency needs during the potato harvest.