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do not, however, deal with the matter in detail, as we 

 think a small executive committee should be appointed 

 to work out a scheme. The Committee should con- 

 tain representatives of the Admiralty, the War Office, 

 the Board of Agriculture, and also, we suggest, the 

 Agricultural Organisation Society. 



The terms of our Reference are limited to England 

 and Wales, but it is evident that a Committee such 

 as we suggest would act for the United Kingdom as a 

 whole, and would include representatives of Scotland 

 and Ireland. Indeed, the Land Settlement of the 

 different parts of the Empire is so much one subject 

 that we conceive it possible that the various Govern- 

 ments of His Majesty here and in the Dominions 

 might consider it desirable to constitute one Joint 

 Committee for the purpose. Such a plan would pre- 

 vent overlapping and simplify administration, and 

 would ensure that the offers of both the United King- 

 dom and the Dominions were brought effectively to 

 the notice of the men. The uses of such an Imperial 

 Committee would be capable of extension. 



Conclusion 



84. We recognise that the majority of farmers would 



be content to be left alone, but the recommendations 



we make are based on consideration of the national 



interest. Our views may be summarised as follows : 



(1) That it is essential for the national welfare 



and for the future development of British 



agriculture to bring back to the land as 



many as possible of the agricultural labourers 



who have left it, and to attract to the same 



