Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture. – in the House of Commons at on 11 March 1929.
Sir John Power
, Wimbledon
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether any grain elevators for the storage of home-grown grain are in existence in Great Britain; and if the erection of any is contemplated?
Mr George Bowyer
, Buckingham
There are large elevators in all the main ports and milling centres and also railway warehouses throughout the country which have ample accommodation available for the storage of home-grown grain, although they are, in fact, little used for this purpose. The erection of new elevators for home-grown grain would not, therefore, be justifiable except, possibly, in certain areas and in connection with a system of orderly marketing organised on a large scale. The possibilities in this direction are discussed in the Ministry's recent Report on the Marketing of Wheat, Barley and Oats.
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