§ Mr. WATTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether he has had any complaints from the southern counties of England as to the difficulty of getting forwarded from Scotland the usual quantity of seed potatoes for the coming crop; whether he is aware that the delay arises from want of facilities of transit by the railway companies and by sea; and whether he proposes to take any measures to see that the potato crop in the South of England does not suffer by such delays?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of AGRICULTURE (Sir Harry Verney)The answer is in the affirmative. The Board have brought the matter to the notice of the Railway Executive Committee through the Board of Trade.
§ Sir H. VERNEYIt has only just been brought about, but I have no doubt that something effective will be done.