HC Deb 06 April 1925 vol 182 cc1809-10
30. Mr. B. SMITH

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the prices which are being charged for fish, he will consider the advisability of taking over the control of the fish markets?

Mr. WOOD

As at present advised, I am not prepared to adopt the suggestion made by the hon. Member.

Mr. SMITH

Will the right hon. Gentleman in the consumers' interest undertake to send somebody to Grimsby fish market to see what happens there with regard to the price of fish?

Mr. WOOD

I should like, if I could, to go myself.

Mr. SMITH

I will take the right hon. Gentleman there if he would like to go.

Mr. JOHNSTON

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the week before last 4,400 stone of first-class edible fish were sent from Fleetwood to the manure heap?

Mr. WOOD

No, I am afraid I have had no notice of that matter. If the hon. Member wishes to ask a question upon it he should put it down.

31. Mr. SMITH

also asked the Minister of Agriculture what, steps are being taken to encourage the scientific preservation of fish?

Mr. WOOD

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to a similar question put to me by my hon. Friend the Member for Acton (Sir H. Brittain) on the 23rd March last, a copy of which I am sending to him.