§ Mr. Snowasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for what reasons registered pupils under the Agricultural Apprentice Scheme in Staffordshire are significantly fewer than in Cheshire and Warwickshire; and to what extent principals of county council agricultural educational institutions in Staffordshire have, as members of the local apprenticeship committees, given their support to the scheme at meetings of the committees.
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§ Mr. Scott-HopkinsThe Apprenticeship Council set up by the industry is responsible for the Agricultural Apprenticeship Scheme and for the Committees which run the Scheme in each county. It would be wrong for me to comment on the work done in particular counties under the Council's auspices.