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Railway Employment (Agricultural Labourers)

Volume 103: debated on Tuesday 5 March 1918

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77.

asked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he is aware that the Great Western Railway Company, by superior attractions at Dawlish, Devon, are inducing men now engaged in food production to leave their employment; and will he say what steps he proposes to take in the matter?

The Board have been in communication, with the Railway Executive Committee on this subject, and the facts are as stated in the question. The correspondence is being placed before the Ministry of National Service, and it is hoped that a satisfactory solution of the difficulty may be found.