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 Union assert that orders for tyres have been held up for periods exceeding six months.

As I informed the hon. Member for Shrewsbury (Mr. Langford-Holt) on 7th July, tyre manufacturers are endeavouring to increase their output to meet the greatly increased demand and available supplies are being distributed as fairly as possible. As regards spare parts, agricultural machinery manufacturers have been asked to give priority to them and, although some individual parts are in short supply, I am not aware of any general shortage of parts for British-made machines. There is rather more difficulty over spare parts for machinery of American make, but all possible steps are taken to expedite shipment of parts from the United States.