§ MR. BECK (Cambridgeshire,Wisbech)I beg to ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, what further steps the Board of Agriculture propose to take in connection with the outbreak of American gooseberry mildew in various parts of the United Kingdom.
§ SIR EDWARD STRACHEY (Somersetshire, S)My noble friend hopes to be in a position at an early date to introduce a Bill to confer further powers upon the Board and upon local authorities for dealing with pests des- 310 tructive to agricultural or horticultural crops. In the meantime we are making every effort to supply growers with information as to the best method of combating the particular disease to which my hon. friend refers.