HC Deb 30 November 1916 vol 88 cc455-6
73. Mr. G. LAMBERT

asked whether the Government will direct that all farms shall be equipped with a sufficient and efficient supply of labour on condition that the land shall be cultivated so as to produce that form of produce that the Government considers most essential for the nation and at prices to be fixed at fair remunerative rates to the producer?

The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of AGRICULTURE (Mr. Acland)

I must refer my right hon. Friend to the answer given on behalf of the Prime Minister to the hon. Member for Dumfriesshire yesterday. The Government are fully alive to the situation.

Mr. LAMBERT

When do the Government propose to announce a policy for increasing home food production?

Mr. GEORGE FABER

What docs the right hon. Gentleman mean by the statement that they are fully alive to the situation? Does it ever lead to anything?