Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture

– in the House of Commons on 14 July 1947.

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    asked the Minister of Agriculture how many fat-stock farmers have changed over to dairy farming during the five years ended 31st March, 1947.

  • Tractor Tyres and Spare Parts (2 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will secure delivery of tyres for tractors and spare parts for agricultural machinery in Wiltshire, where the Wiltshire branch of the National Farmers...

  • Barley Disease, East Anglia (4 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will make a statement on the hitherto unknown disease affecting barley in East Anglia; and whether any steps can be taken to counter the disease...

  • Feedingstuffs (9 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will consider using a more up-to-date and more equitable method of allocating supplies of feedingstuffs for pigs and poultry than the 1939–40...

  • Colorado Beetle, Bedfordshire (3 speeches)

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  • Farms (Acreages) (4 speeches)

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  • 1948 Harvest (Cropping Programmes) (6 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Agriculture if farmers have now been notified of the acreages of tillage crops, par- ticularly wheat and potatoes, which they are expected to grow next year.

  • Fowl Pest (4 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will give the latest figures of the number of cases of fowl pest notified and the number of fowls ordered to be slaughtered.

  • Embankment Works, Fen Rivers (4 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Agriculture what estimates of work, excluding long-term schemes, have been submitted to his Department by catchment boards of those rivers discharging into the Wash; if he...

  • Credit Facilities (5 speeches)

    Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will now have inquiries made in order to inform the House what is the general interest rate charged by the banks throughout the...

  • Bovine Tuberculosis (2 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Agriculture if he has now reached agreement with the veterinary profession and the N.F.U. on a national plan for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis; and when he expects...

  • Flood Prevention, Thames Valley (4 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps are being taken to prevent a recurrence of flooding this winter in the Thames Valley area.

  • Ordnance Survey Department (Permanent Location) (4 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the permanent location of the Ordnance Survey Department has yet been decided; and what progress has been made in the transference of the staff from...