Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 24 November 1947.
Mr Christopher York
, Ripon
12:00,
24 November 1947
asked the Minister of Agriculture why the National Agricultural Advisory Service was absent from the London Dairy Show; and at which shows this year the N.A.A.S. has had a stand.
Mr Thomas Williams
, Don Valley
Owing to considerable commitments at earlier shows and the heavy calls made on the time of a limited staff, I regret that it was not practicable for the N.A.A.S. to participate in this year's Dairy Show. In addition to the Royal, the Royal Welsh, and the Bath and West Shows, the National Agricultural Advisory Service has had stands at nearly 40 county and district shows in England and Wales this year.
Mr Christopher York
, Ripon
Does not the Minister consider that the London Dairy Show is of more importance than the 40 county shows at which the National Agricultural Advisory Service was represented?
Mr Thomas Williams
, Don Valley
I should have thought that a general show was of far greater importance than a show dealing with a particular phase of agriculture.
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