Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture – in the House of Commons at on 25 March 1943.
Mr Robert Morgan
, Stourbridge
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the growing rat pest, he will investigate the possibility of encouraging the raising of a strain of cats specially suited for dealing with rats on the lines of a similar strain formerly cultivated at Le Havre in France for use in connection with ships?
Mr Richard Stokes
, Ipswich
Has the Minister tried pasteurised milk?
Mr Morgan Price
, Forest of Dean
Will the Minister consider feeding rats on unpasteurised milk in order to reduce their number?
Mr Reginald Purbrick
, Liverpool, Walton
Will the Minister consider employing some of the cats in this House?
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