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Agriculture

Volume 498: debated on Thursday 3 April 1952

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78.

asked the Minister of Labour the number of male and female agricultural workers, respectively, in Scotland in 1945, 1950, and the latest date.

I am informed by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland that the figures are as follows:

  • 86,700 males and 30,300 females at June, 1945;
  • 85,500 males and 19,600 females at June, 1950; and
  • 84,900 males and 19,200 females at June, 1951.
The figures relate to persons employed on holdings of more than one acre, excluding the occupiers.