Mr. LLEWELYNasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether, in view of the judgment in the case of Wallis versus Haines and others, decided in the Court of Appeal on 21st June last, under which farmers and other purchasers of seeds will in future have to run the risk of mistaken description of the seeds, he will consider the advisability of introducing a Bill, similar to the Fertilisers and Foodstuffs Act of 1906, in order to fix the responsibility of guarantee as to kind upon the original grower of the seed and thereby prevent errors in description, fraudulent and otherwise?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of AGRICULTURE (Sir Edward Strachey)Yes, Sir, but this matter is by no means free from difficulty from a legal point of view.
§ Mr. STANIERWill the hon. Gentleman confer with the Law Officers of the Crown in order to see whether this sort of misrepresentation can be stopped?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYI have already replied that it is under consideration.