Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 28 January 1947.
Mr Niall Macpherson
, Dumfriesshire
12:00,
28 January 1947
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what additional labour he intends to make available to farmers in Scotland for harvesting and potato-lifting in 1947.
Mr Joseph Westwood
, Stirling and Falkirk District of Burghs
The supplementary force of about 90,000 workers which will be required at the peak period will, under present proposals, be made up of 28,000 workers recruited locally by farmers, 40,000 members of the Polish Resettle-ment Corps, and German prisoners of war. Schoolchildren will, I hope, make up the balance of 22,000.
Mr Niall Macpherson
, Dumfriesshire
Can the right hon. Gentleman say to what extent so far he has obtained the consent of the local education authorities to the use of school-children?
Mr Joseph Westwood
, Stirling and Falkirk District of Burghs
The Joint Under-Secretary has just completed a series of conferences in Scotland, at which he has been putting the full facts before the education authorities who were represented there. At the moment, it looks as if we will get co-operation from the education authorities.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
