Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 30 June 1947.
Mr Benjamin Parkin
, Stroud
12:00,
30 June 1947
asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he is taking to encourage the use of home-grown seeds, in order that experience gained during the war may be consolidated and strains of plants specially suited to this country may be still further developed.
Mr Thomas Williams
, Don Valley
I would refer my hon Friend to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for the Forest of Dean (Mr. Philips Price) on 20th May last.
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