Potato Harvesting (School Children)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 10 April 1945.

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Photo of Mr Alexander Sloan Mr Alexander Sloan , South Ayrshire 12:00, 10 April 1945

Is my right hon. Friend not aware that the circular has been taken as a recommendation, and to mean that, specifically, 2,000 school children are to be sent from Ayrshire to Fife and Dumfries for the purpose of collecting these potatoes; is he further aware fhat the Ayrshire Education Committee has refused, and does not that show that there is resentment? Will he undertake now to withdraw this circular, which is causing resentment among people in Scotland?