§ 31. Mr. JOYNSON-HICKSasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether, seeing that the United States Department of Agriculture has issued regulations to come into force on the 1st June next prohibiting the importation of nursery stock with certain exceptions, for which permits must be obtained, he has received representations from the Chamber of Horticulture on the subject; and what steps he proposes to take?
§ Sir A. GRIFFITH-BOSCAWENThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the second part of the question, the matter is receiving the serious consideration of the Board.