Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 3 Mawrth 1947.
3,958 men and women released from war service are undergoing training in agriculture or horticulture, or have completed such training, under the Vocational Training Scheme. Of this number 673 have so far taken advantage of the facilities for more advanced training offered by the Scheme. In reply to the second part of the Question, the Government's smallholdings policy aims at the provision of holdings for experienced agricultural workers. In general ex-Servicemen who have undergone agricultural training will need to widen their experience by taking employment in agriculture before they will become eligible for a statutory smallholding.