§ Mr. Bossomasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps he is taking to assess the present and future demand for agricultural graduates.
§ Mr. SoamesI have decided, together with my right hon. Friends the Secretary of State for the Home Department and the Secretary of State for Scotland, to set up a small committee of inquiry to assess the present and future demand, at home and abroad, by agriculture (including horticulture), its associated industries and public services, for graduates from agriculture and other faculties 39W or departments of universities in the United Kingdom.
I am glad to announce that Dr. C. I. C. Bosanquet has agreed to be the Chairman of this Committee, whose constitution will be:—
- C. I. C. Bosanquet, Esq., M.A., D.C.L., (Chairman)
- Sir Arthur Benson, G.C.M.G., J.P.
- a. S. Cray, Esq., M.B.E., J.P.
- J. L. Davies, Esq., C.B.E., M.Sc.
- R. A. Hamilton, Esq., B.Sc., B.Agr., Dip. Agric. (Cantab), A.I.C.T.A.
- Professor D. S. Hendrie, B.Sc., N.D.A., N.D.D.
- W. G. Humphrey, Esq., M.A., D.Phil.
- Professor H. G. Lamont, O.B.E., D.Sc., M.R.C.V.S.
- Maitland Mackie, Esq., B.Sc. (Agric.), J.P.